ISBN:
9780511761058
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xx, 388 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in cognitive and perceptual development 12
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in cognitive and perceptual development
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.23109
Keywords:
Child development / Cross-cultural studies
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Space and time in language
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Cognition
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Spracherwerb
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Orientierung
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Egozentrismus
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Kognitive Entwicklung
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Raum
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Kognition
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Sprache
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Kulturvergleich
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Spracherwerb
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Kognitive Entwicklung
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Raum
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Egozentrismus
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Orientierung
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Kulturvergleich
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Kognition
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Sprache
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Egozentrismus
Abstract:
Egocentric spatial language uses coordinates in relation to our body to talk about small-scale space ('put the knife on the right of the plate and the fork on the left'), while geocentric spatial language uses geographic coordinates ('put the knife to the east, and the fork to the west'). How do children learn to use geocentric language? And why do geocentric spatial references sound strange in English when they are standard practice in other languages? This book studies child development in Bali, India, Nepal, and Switzerland and explores how children learn to use a geocentric frame both when speaking and performing non-verbal cognitive tasks (such as remembering locations and directions). The authors examine how these skills develop with age, look at the socio-cultural contexts in which the learning takes place, and explore the ecological, cultural, social, and linguistic conditions that favor the use of a geocentric frame of reference
Description / Table of Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction and Methods: 1. Theory and research questions; 2. Methods; 3. Settings; Part II. Results: 4. Pilot study in Bali and first study (India and Nepal, 1999-2000); 5. Returning to Bali: main study 2002-2007; 6. Varanasi; 7. Kathmandu; 8. Panditpur; 9. Geneva; Part III. Additional Studies: 10. Spatial language addressed to children; 11. Geocentric gestures before language?; 12. Spatial organization schemes; 13. Neurophysiological correlates of geocentric space; 14. Geocentric dead reckoning; Part IV. Conclusions: 15. Discussion and conclusions; Appendix 1. Summary of instructions, questionnaires, and coding schemes; Appendix 2. Examples of language in each location; Appendix 3. Extracts from school manuals
Note:
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511761058
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https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511761058
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