Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter si
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I Perception and space
5. 1 The perceptual basis of spatial representation 21
6. Part II The interaction between language and spatial cognition 49
7. 2 Language and space: momentary interactions 51
8. 3 Language and inner space 79
9. Part III Typological, psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic approaches to spatial representation
10. 4 Inside in and on: typological and psycholinguistic perspectives 95
11. 5 Parsing space around objects 115
12. 6 A neuroscientific perspective on the linguistic encoding of categorical spatial relations 139
13. Part IV Theoretical approaches to spatial representation in language
14. 7 Genesis of spatial terms 171
15. 8 Forceful prepositions 193
16. 9 From the spatial to the non-spatial: the ‘state’ lexical concepts of in, on and 215
17. Part V Spatial representation in specific languages
18. 10 Static topological relations in Basque 251
19. 11 Taking the Principled Polysemy Model of spatial particles beyond English: the case of Russian za 267
20. 12 Frames of reference, effects of motion, and lexical meanings of Japanese front/back terms 293
21. Part VI Space in sign-language and gesture
22. 13 How spoken language and signed language structure space differently 319
23. 14 Geometric and image-schematic patterns in gesture space 351
24. Part VII Motion
25. 15 Translocation, language and the categorization of experience 389
26. 16 Motion: a conceptual typology 419
27. Part VIII The relation between space, time and modality
28. 17 Space for thinking 453
29. 18 Temporal frames of reference 479
30. 19 From mind to grammar: coordinate systems, prepositions, constructions 499
31. Index 515