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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818852603321

Titolo

Space and time in languages and cultures : linguistic diversity / / edited by Luna Filipović, Kasia M. Jaszczolt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2012

ISBN

1-281-14397-9

9786613776693

90-272-7361-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (508 p.)

Collana

Human cognitive processing, , 1387-6724 ; ; v. 36

Altri autori (Persone)

FilipovićLuna

JaszczoltKatarzyna

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Space and time in language

Language and languages - Variation

Nakh languages - Aspect

Nakh languages - Tense

Ginukh language - Grammar, Comparative - Bezhta

Bezhta language - Grammar, Comparative - Ginukh

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Representing location in space and time -- pt. 2. Space and time in language acquisition -- pt. 3. Dynamic relations in space and time domains.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers novel insights into linguistic diversity in the domains of spatial and temporal reference, searching for uniformity amongst diversity. A number of authors discuss expression of dynamic spatial relations cross-linguistically in a vast range of typologically different languages such as Bezhta, French, Hinuq, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Serbian, and Spanish, among others. The contributions on linguistic expression of time all shed new light on pertinent questions regarding this cognitive domain, such as the hotly debated relationship between cross-linguistic differences in talki