Landscape in language : transdisciplinary perspectives
/ edited by David M. Mark ... [et al.]
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co. , 2011.
- 449 p. ; 25 cm.
- Culture and language use; v. 4 .
- San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)--Author .
David Stea is a San Miguel de Allende (Mexico) author. Located in Gloria Grant Room - special collection of San Miguel de Allende authors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Landscape is fundamental to human experience. Yet until recently, the study of landscape has been fragmented among the disciplines. This volume focuses on how landscape is represented in language and thought, and what this reveals about the relationships of people to place and to land. Scientists of various disciplines such as anthropologists, geographers, information scientists, linguists, and philosophers address several questions, including: Are there cross-cultural and cross-linguistic variations in the delimitation, classification, and naming of geographic features?
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Semantics Geographical perception Language and Culture