Languages differ in how they describe space, and such differences between languages can
be used to explore the relation between language and thought. This book shows that even …

This paper investigates possible influences of the lexical resources of individual languages
on the spatial organization and reasoning styles of their users. That there are such powerful …

When people say that language and thought are intimately related, they are right. At bottom,
the meanings that are expressed by languages must in some way reflect conceptual entities …

Spatial language-that is, the way languages structure the spatial domain–is an important
area of research, offering insights into one of the most central areas of human cognition. In …

Li and Gleitman (Turning the tables: language and spatial reasoning. Cognition, in press)
seek to undermine a large-scale cross-cultural comparison of spatial language and …

Space is presently the focus of much research and debate across disciplines, including
linguistics, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy. One strong feature of this collection is …

We examined the relationship between spatial language and spatial memory by comparing
native English, Japanese, and Korean speakers' naming of spatial locations and their spatial …

This article focuses on cognitive linguistic research in spatial semantics, that is, the meaning
of spatial language that regards language as an integrated part of human cognition. This …

Frames of reference are coordinate systems used to compute and specify the location of
objects with respect to other objects. These have long been thought of as innate concepts …

All living creatures inscribe their activity in space. Human beings acquire knowledge of this
space by traversing it, listening to verbal descriptions, and looking at maps, atlases, and …