Development of geocentric spatial language and cognition an eco-cultural perspective
"Egocentric spatial language uses coordinates in relation to our body to talk about small-scale space ('put the knife on the right of the plate and the fork on the left'), while geocentric spatial language uses geographic coordinates ('put the knife to the east, and the fork to t...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cambridge studies in cognitive and perceptual development ; 12. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38416530*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Theory and research questions
- Methods
- Settings
- Pilot study in Bali and first study (India and Nepal, 1999-2000)
- Returning to Bali: main study 2002-2007
- Varanasi
- Kathmandu
- Panditpur
- Geneva
- Spatial language addressed to children
- Geocentric gestures before language?
- Spatial organization schemes
- Neurophysiological correlates of geocentric space
- Geocentric dead reckoning
- Discussion and conclusions
- Summary of instructions, questionnaires, and coding schemes
- Examples of language in each location
- Extracts from school manuals.
