Studying Spatial Conceptualization across Cultures
Anthropology and Cognitive Science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2474583 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Levinson (0000-0001-8961-5316, Max Planck Society, corresponding author), Stephen C Levinson |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-24 |
| Publication date | 1998-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-2131 • E-ISSN: 1548-1352 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/eth.1998.26.1.7 |
| OpenAlex | W1964062323 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 13 |
Philosophers, psychologists, and linguists have argued that spatial conception is pivotal to cognition in general, providing a general, egocentric, and universal framework for cognition as well as metaphors for conceptualizing many other domains. But in an aboriginal community in Northern Queensland, a system of cardinal directions informs not only language, but also memory for arbitrary spatial arrays and directions. This work suggests that fundamental cognitive parameters, like the system of coding spatial locations, can vary cross-culturally, in line with the language spoken by a community. This opens up the prospect of a fruitful dialogue between anthropology and the cognitive sciences on the complex interaction between cultural and universal factors in the constitution of mind
Coding (social sciences) · Cognition · Cognitive linguistics · Cognitive science · Conceptualization · Constitution · Epistemology · Linguistics · Social science · Sociology · Spatial cognition · Categorization, perception, and language · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology
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Primer for the field investigation of spatial description and conception
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2023 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |