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  Segmenting the space of the human body

Majid, A. (2007). Segmenting the space of the human body. Talk presented at the 3rd ICCLS Symposium on Spatial cognition and its expression in language and gesture. Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. 2007-07-02.

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Majid, Asifa1, Author           
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1Language and Cognition Group, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society, ou_55204              

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 Abstract: The body is widely regarded as a template for spatial cognition and spatial language. However, recent cross-cultural work suggests that the conception of the body – as reflected in language – is not universal. The basic segments and categories that are recognized across languages vary substantially, with a third of the world’s languages not lexically distinguishing between “hand” and “arm”, for example. It appears that there are a not a universal set of “body parts” that get encoded in language, raising the question – what is the precise relationship between linguistic and non-linguistic categories of the body.

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 Dates: 2007
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Title: the 3rd ICCLS Symposium on Spatial cognition and its expression in language and gesture
Place of Event: Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
Start-/End Date: 2007-07-02
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