Deitic space in Wolof

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction: Space, language, and cognition 1
6. Part I — Typology of linguistics systems
7. Encoding the distinction between location, source, and destination 19
8. The expression of static location in a typological perspective 29
9. What makes manner of motion salient? 59
10. The semantic structure of motion verbs in French 83
11. From personal deixis to spatial deixis 103
12. Motion events in Chinese 121
13. Part II — The nature and uses of space in language and discourse
14. Are there spatial prepositions? 139
15. Deitic space in Wolof 155
16. The semantics of motion verbs 175
17. The representation of spatial structure in spoken and signed language 207
18. Iconicity and space in French sign language 239
19. Part III — Space, language, and cognition
20. On the very idea of a frame of reference 259
21. The relativity of motion in first language acquisition 281
22. Spatial language and spatial representation 309
23. Deficits in spatial discourse of Alzheimer patients 335
24. Index 351