Uphill" and "Downhill" in Tzeltal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2476089 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Penelope Brown (0000-0001-8487-7106), Stephen C Levinson |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 46-74 |
| Publication date | 1993-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1055-1360 • E-ISSN: 1548-1395 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/jlin.1993.3.1.46 |
| OpenAlex | W2101627273 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 46 |
| References cited | 12 |
In the face of the prevailing assumption among cognitive scientists that human spatial cognition is essentially egocentric, with objects located in reference to the orientation of ego's own body (hence left/right, up/down, and front/back oppositions), the Mayan language Tzeltal provides a telling counter-example. This article examines a set of conceptual oppositions in Tzeltal, uphill/downhill/across, that provides an absolute system of coordinates with respect to which the location of objects and their trajectories on both micro and macro scales are routinely described
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| Unique citing works | 46 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,39 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2026 (34) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 45 |