A hierarchy of locations

Evidence From the Encoding of Direction in Adpositions and Cases

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3989494
AutoresJoost Zwarts (0000-0002-8892-6523, Utrecht University, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume48
Fascículo5
Data de publicação2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ling.2010.032
OpenAlexW2094097611
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas11

The encoding of direction (place, goal, source, route) in systems of adpositions and local cases is not uniformly distributed over different locations (at, in, under), but can be shown to follow a hierarchical pattern. This pattern is compared with similar hierarchies proposed in the literature about the acquisition and typology of spatial language. Differences in semantic complexity and pragmatic salience between locations might explain why such a hierarchy exists

Encoding (memory) · Geography · Hierarchy · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Political science · Salience (neuroscience) · Typology · Artificial Intelligence · Categorization, perception, and language · Communication · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation