The categorization of spatial entities in language and cognition

The categorization of spatial entities in language and cognition

This paper investigates certain puzzling predications about locations and physical objects. I argue first that locations and physical objects are distinct types of things. Locations and physical objects have different individuation conditions. So this should entail that nothing is both a location an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Aurnague, Mixel, 1963- (-), Hickmann, Maya, Vieu, Laure
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins c2007.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Human cognitive processing ; v. 20.
Materias:
Space and time in language.
Psycholinguistics.
Categorization (Linguistics)
Language acquisition.
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  • The Categorization of Spatial Entities in Language and Cognition
  • Editorial page
  • Title page
  • LCC data
  • Table of contents
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1. The categorization of spatial entities in different research fields
  • 1.1. Categorization
  • 1.2. Previous work
  • 1.3. Open issues
  • 2. Towards new directions: An overview of the contents of this volume
  • 2.1. Spatial entities and the structures of languages: Descriptive work
  • 2.2. Spatial categorization in language and cognition: Psycholinguistic and developmental studies
  • 2.3. Characterizing categories of spatial entities: Formal ontology and formal semantics
  • 3. Conclusion and prospects
  • References
  • Spatial entities and the structures of languages: Descriptive work
  • A taxonomy of basic natural entities
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Basic material entities
  • 3. Spatial and material entities
  • 4. Count entities and masses
  • 5. Masses and aggregates
  • 6. Aggregates and collections
  • 7. Mixtures
  • 8. Mixtures and the use of the preposition in
  • 9. Conclusion
  • References
  • On the spatial meaning of contre in French
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Sketching three different types of prototypical schemata
  • 2.1. The force exertion originates in the figure
  • 2.2. The force exertion originates in the ground entity
  • 2.3. Opposite force exertion from two entities of the same class of objects
  • 3. Three cases where contre cannot be directly associated with force exertion
  • 3.1. Tension reduced to a perceptive effect of contact and proximity
  • 3.2. Visual contrast between entities reduced to their two-dimensional contour
  • 3.3. Direction and facing position
  • 4. Conclusion
  • References
  • The prepositions par and à travers and the categorization of spatial entities in French
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The existing "static'' ontology of spatial entities in French.
  • 3. Par and the categorization of spatial entities
  • 3.1. Par and NP denoting space portions
  • 3.2. Par and NP denoting locations
  • 3.3. Par and NP denoting objects
  • 3.4. Par and NP denoting mixed entities
  • 3.5. Par and NP denoting substances
  • 4. A travers and the categorization of spatial entities
  • 4.1. A travers and NP denoting space portions
  • 4.2. A travers and NP denoting locations
  • 4.3. A travers and NP denoting objects
  • 4.4. A travers and NP denoting mixed entities
  • 4.5. A travers and NP denoting substances
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • Appendixes
  • The linguistic categorization of spatial entities
  • 0. Introduction
  • 1. Classifiers in a typological overview of nominal classification systems
  • 1.1. Classifiers among other nominal classification systems
  • 1.2. A typology of classifier systems
  • 1.3. Numeral classifiers and physical properties of spatial entities
  • 1.4. Degrees of specificity of the classifiers
  • 1.5. The dynamic dimensions of classifier systems
  • 1.6. Classifiers and other classification systems of spatial entities
  • 1.7. A multidimensional approach and fieldwork methodology
  • 2. A sampler of classifier systems
  • 2.1. Numeral classifier systems
  • 2.2. Noun classifiers
  • 2.3. Genitive classifiers
  • 2.4. Verbal classifiers
  • 3. A descriptive typological framework on how information on spatial entities might be expressed in languages
  • 3.1. Strategies of encoding
  • 3.2. Information may be about different characteristics of the spatial entities
  • 3.3. About spatial information in nominal classification systems
  • 3.4. Some languages obsess about spatial information and spatial entities
  • References
  • The expression of semantic components and the nature of ground entity in orientation motion verbs
  • 1. Introduction.
  • 2. A brief outline of motion constructions and object marking in Korean and French
  • 2.1. Korean motion constructions
  • 2.2. French motion constructions
  • 2.3. Korean object marking system
  • 2.4. French prepositional system
  • 3. Basic Motion vs. Deictic Motion
  • 4. Object marking
  • 4.1. Korean Data
  • 4.2. French Data
  • 4.3. Linguistic material that expresses specific localization
  • 5. Object Selection
  • 5.1. Ontology of spatial entities
  • 5.2. Locative/ ablative object and the prepositions à/ de
  • 5.3. Accusative/ direct object
  • 5.4. Directional object and the preposition vers (`towards')
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Appendixes
  • Table of abbreviations
  • Source of exemples
  • Spatial categorization in language and cognition: Psycholinguistic and developmental studies
  • Categorizing spatial entities with frontal orientation
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Isolating and ordering the factors
  • 2.1. Isolating the factors
  • 2.2. Ordering the factors
  • 3. ILNs and factors: Avant/devant and dynamic versus static function
  • 3.1. Standard van and dynamic function
  • 3.2. Open-sided van: Introducing static function
  • 3.3. Standard and open-sided vans
  • 4. Judgment task
  • 4.1. Response latencies
  • 4.2. Distributions
  • 5. Perspectives: Frontal orientation and categorization of spatial entities
  • 5.1. ILNs, component nouns and the distinction ``location''/``object''
  • 5.2. Factors/properties and categorization of spatial entities
  • References
  • Containment, support, and beyond
  • Introduction
  • 1. Cognitive foundations of spatial semantic development
  • 2. How universal are spatial semantic categories?
  • 3. Categorization of topological relations in the acquisition of English and Korean
  • 3.1. Topological spatial categories in adult English and Korean.
  • 3.2. Categorization of topological relationships in young children's spontaneous and elicited speech
  • 3.3. Topological categories in comprehension
  • 4. The learning process
  • 4.1. Infant categorization of topological relations
  • 4.2. Evidence for category construction from error patterns across languages
  • 5. Conclusions
  • References
  • Static and dynamic location in French
  • 1. Space and linguistic relativity
  • 1.1. Space in language
  • 1.2. Space in language development
  • 2. Location and motion in French
  • 2.1. Static location and object displacements
  • 2.2. Caused and voluntary motion with animate entities
  • 3. Conclusions
  • References
  • Precursors to spatial language
  • References
  • The sources of spatial cognition
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Theoretical questions
  • 1.2. Representation in infants
  • 2. Two-dimensional representations of three-dimensional situations
  • 3. Searching for objects
  • 3.1. Back to theories
  • 3.2. Late searching inefficiency
  • 4. Motor impairment and language acquisition
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • Characterizing categories of spatial entities: Formal ontology
  • From language to ontology
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The "Surface Grammar'' trap
  • 3. The "Deep Structure'' trap
  • 4. Speaking with the vulgar
  • 5. Conclusion
  • References
  • The temporal essence of spatial objects
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The ontological problem of the reference to concrete entities
  • 2.1. Words and objects
  • 2.2. Part, wholes, categories
  • 2.3. Occurrents vs. Continuants ontology
  • 3. Expressing spatial and temporal properties in a unified ontology
  • 3.1. A spatio-temporal mereology and topology
  • 3.2. Temporal parts
  • 4. Reconsidering categories of reference
  • 4.1. Object and substance
  • 4.2. Substantial vs. non-substantial count nouns
  • 4.3. Singular and collective entities
  • 4.4. Objects and events.
  • 5. Conclusion and open questions
  • References
  • Part-of relations, functionality and dependence
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The multiplicity of part-whole relations
  • 2.1. Part-whole relations in language are not just mereology
  • 2.2. The multiple relation hypothesis
  • 2.3. The role of ontological distinctions among entities
  • 3. Analysis of functionality
  • 4. Function of entities "under a description''
  • 4.1. Lexical types
  • 4.2. Function
  • 5. Functional dependence
  • 5.1. Generic functional dependence
  • 5.2. Individual functional dependence
  • 5.3. Formalizing Component-integral whole
  • 6. Transitivity
  • 6.1. Is Component-integral whole transitive?
  • 6.2. (In)Transitivity of CIW revisited and other inferential properties
  • 7. Conclusion
  • References
  • Objects, locations and complex types
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The argument for dot objects
  • 3. Lexical semantics and common-sense metaphysics
  • 4. The composition logic
  • 4.1. The set of types
  • 4.2. The rules for the composition logic
  • 4.3. Rules for complex types
  • 5. Complex types, physical objects and locations
  • 6. Conclusions
  • References
  • Language index
  • Subject index
  • The series Human Cognitive Processing.

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