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Spatial language as a window on representations of three-dimensional space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

Kevin J. Holmes  and
Phillip Wolff
Kevin J. Holmes
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720. kjholmes@berkeley.edu http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~kholme2/
Phillip Wolff
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. pwolff@emory.edu http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~pwolff/CLSLab.htm
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Abstract

Recent research investigating the language–thought interface in the spatial domain points to representations of the horizontal and vertical dimensions that closely resemble those posited by Jeffery et al. However, the findings suggest that such representations, rather than being tied to navigation, may instead reflect more general properties of the perception of space.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 550 - 551
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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