Editors and contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Editors and contributors vii
4. Foreword: Space and time in languages, cultures, and cognition xi
5. Introduction: Linguistic, cultural, and cognitive approaches to space and time 1
6. Part I. Linguistic and conceptual representation of events
7. 1. Event-based time intervals in an Amazonian culture 15
8. 2. Vagueness in event times 37
9. 3. Aspectual coercions in content composition 55
10. 4. Back to the future 83
11. Part II. Cultural perspectives on space and time
12. 5. The “Russian” attitude to time 103
13. 6. Two temporalities of the Mongolian wolf hunter 121
14. 7. Koromu temporal expressions 143
15. 8. Universals and specifics of ‘time’ in Russian 167
16. Part III. Conceptualizing spatio-temporal relations
17. 9. Linguistic manifestations of the space-time (dis)analogy 191
18. 10. Vectors and frames of reference 217
19. 11. Verbal and gestural expression of motion in French and Czech 251
20. 12. Language-specific effects on lexicalisation and memory of motion events 269
21. 13. Space and time in episodic memory 283
22. 14. Conceptualizing the present through construal aspects 305
23. 15. From perception of spatial artefacts to metaphorical meaning 329
24. Contents of the companion volume 351
25. Name index 355
26. Subject index 359
27. Language index 363