Levinson Stephen C., Wilkins David P (Editors). Grammars of Space: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity

Cambridge University Press, 2006. — 621 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-511-24532-9.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 this collection, a team of leading scholars review the spatial domain across a wide variety of languages. Contrary to existing assumptions, they show that there is great variation in the way space is conceptually structured across languages, thus substantiating the controversial question of how far the foundations of human cognition are innate. Grammars of Space is a supplement to the psychological information provided in its companion volume, Space in Language and Cognition. It represents a new kind of work in linguistics, ‘Semantic Typology’, which asks what are the semantic parameters used to structure particular semantic fields. Comprehensive and informative, it will be essential reading for those working on comparative linguistics, spatial cognition, and the interface between them.The background to the study of the language of space
Towards an Arrernte grammar of space
Sketch of a Jaminjung grammar of space
Prolegomenon to a Warrwa grammar of space
The language of space in Yélé Dnye
Prolegomena to a Kilivila grammar of space
A sketch of the grammar of space in Tzeltal
Spatial reference in Yukatek Maya: a survey
Approaching space in Tiriyó grammar
Elements of the grammar of space in Ewe
Spatial language in Tamil
A grammar of space in Japanese
Some properties of spatial description in Dutch
Patterns in the data: towards a semantic typology of spatial description