Motion encoding in language and space /
edited by Mila Vulchanova and Emile van der Zee.
- First Edition.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- xiv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Explorations in language and space, 06, Oxford Linguistics .
- 41 (NLA) .
- Explorations in language and space, 06, Oxford Linguistics .
Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-232) and index.
This text brings together researchers in linguistics, computer science, psychology and cognitive science to investigate how motion is encoded in language. Part I considers the parameters of the field, while Part II looks at the way in which spatial scale or granularity plays a role in the encoding of motion in language.