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Table of contents List of Figures 15 List of contributors 18 Preface 20 Chapter 1: The background to the study of the language of space Stephen C. Levinson 25 1.1. Introduction 25 1.2. Nature of this book 28 1.3. The language sample 36 1.4. Controlled comparison: The stimuli 38 1.5. Patterns of variation 49 1.6. Conclusion 64 Chapter 2: Towards an Arrernte Grammar of Space David Wilkins 68 2.1. The language and its speakers 68 2.2. Brief overview of the main features of Arrernte grammar 70 2.3. Topological relations 77 2.4. Motion 93 2.5. Frames of reference 115 2.6. Conclusion 129 Chapter 3: Sketch of Jaminjung Grammar of Spac Eva Schultze-Berndt 144 3.1. Introduction 144 3.2. The language and its speakers 146 3.3. Grammatical and lexical resources for spatial description 148 3.4. Topological relations 161 3.5. Motion 177 3.6. Frames of reference 209 3.7. Summary 225 Chapter 4: Prolegomenon to a Warrwa Grammar of Space William McGregor 247 4.1. The Warrwa language and its speakers 247 4.2. Overview of Warrwa grammar 250 4.3. Topological relations 261 4.4. Motion 279 4.5. Frames of reference 298 4.6. Conclusion 309 Chapter 5: The Language of Space in Y´elêý Dnye Stephen Levinson 327 5.1. The language and culture of Rossel Island 327 5.2. Some salient features of the grammar 329 5.3. Topological relations 339 5.4. Frames of reference 366 5.5. Deixis 378 5.6. Motion description 380 5.7. Conclusions 399 Chapter 6: Prolegomena to a Kilivila Grammar of Space Gunter Senft 422 6.1. Introduction 422 6.2. Kilivila -- the language of the Trobriand Islanders 423 6.3. Topological relations 427 6.4. Motion 439 6.5. Frames of reference 447 6.6. Summary and concluding remarks 456 Chapter 7: A Sketch of the Grammar of Space in Tzeltal Penelope Brown 469 7.1. Introduction 469 7.2. Grammatical resources for spatial description 476 7.3. Static location 486 7.4. Motion 498 7.5. Frames of reference 515 7.6. Conclusion 527 Chapter 8: The Expression of Spatial Reference in Yukatek Maya: A Survey J¿urgen Bohnemeyer and Christel Stolz 546 8.1. Introduction 546 8.2. The language and its speakers 548 8.3. Some elements of YM morphosyntax 552 8.4. Topological relations 572 8.5. Motion 578 8.6. Frames of reference 591 8.7. Concluding remarks 604 Chapter 9: Approaching Space in Tiriy´o Grammar Sergio Meira 623 9.1. Introduction: Tiriy´o and its speakers 623 9.2. A brief overview of Tiriy´o grammar 625 9.3. Topology 631 9.4. Motion 654 9.5. Frames of reference 668 9.6. Conclusion 677 Chapter 10: Elements of the grammar of space in Ewe Felix Ameka and James Essegbey 697 10.1. The language and its relevance for spatial language research697 10.2. Grammatical overview 700 10.3. Topological relations 714 10.4. Frames of reference 734 10.5. Motion 742 10.6. Conclusion 762 Chapter 11: Spatial Language in Tamil Eric Pederson 773 11.1. Tamil and Tamils 773 11.2. Grammatical sketch 775 11.3. Topological relations 779 11.4. Motion events 799 11.5. Deixis and frames of reference 814 11.6. Conclusions 831 Chapter 12: A Grammar of Space in Japanese Sotaro Kita 843 12.1. Introduction 843 12.2. Very brief grammatical overview of the language 844 12.3. Location 845 12.4. Motion 867 12.5. Contextual factors for the choice of frames of reference 903 12.6. Conclusions 907 Chapter 13: Some properties of Spatial Description in Dutch Miriam van Staden, Melissa Bowerman and Mariet Verhelst 914 13.1. Introduction 914 13.2. Dutch: The language and its speakers 915 13.3. Grammatical background to spatial descriptions in Dutch 918 13.4. Topological relations 932 13.5. Motion descriptions 957 13.6. Conclusion 968 13.7. Discussion 975 Chapter 14: Conclusions: Parameters of variation in the grammar and semantics of space Stephen Levinson and David Wilkins 982 14.1. Universals and particulars: Variation and its limits in semantic typology 983 14.2. Typology 987 14.3. Motion 1007 14.4. Frames of reference 1029 14.5. Conclusions 1045 References 1071 Index 0000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Space and time in language.
Psychlinguistics.
Semantics.