Spatial language and dialogue

by Bateman, John A. Coventry, Kenny R. Tenbrink, Thora

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Title Statements

Full title :Spatial language and dialogue / edited by Kenny R. Coventry, Thora Tenbrink, and John Bateman.

Summary

"This book considers how people talk about the location of objects and places. Spatial language has occupied many researchers across diverse fields, such as linguistics, psychology, GIScience, architecture, and neuroscience. However, the vast majority of work in this area has examined spatial language in monologue situations, and often in highly artificial and restricted settings. Yet there is a growing recognition in the language research community that dialogue rather than monologue should be a starting point for language understanding. Hence, the current zeitgeist in both language research and robotics/AI demands an integrated examination of spatial language in dialogue settings. The present volume provides such integration for the first time and reports on the latest developments in this important field. Written in a way that will appeal to researchers across disciplines from graduate level upwards, the book sets the agenda for future research in spatial conceptualization and communication."--Publisher's website.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 216 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199554201, 019955420X
oclc:ocn251212660
LC Classification:P95.455
Dewey Decimal:401.41

Subjects

17.24 sociolinguistics: other Analyse du dialogue Dialog Dialogue analysis Espace et temps dans le langage Kongress -- 2005. -- Delmenhorst Plaats Raum Ruimte (algemeen) Space and time in language Sprache Taalgebruik Tid och rum i språket