Table of contents
Editors and contributors
Foreword: Space and time in languages, cultures, and cognition
Introduction: Linguistic, cultural, and cognitive approaches to space and time
Part I. Linguistic and conceptual representation of events
1. Event-based time intervals in an Amazonian culture
2. Vagueness in event times: An epistemic solution
3. Aspectual coercions in content composition
4. Back to the future: Just where are forthcoming events located?
Part II. Cultural perspectives on space and time
5. The “Russian” attitude to time
6. Two temporalities of the Mongolian wolf hunter
7. Koromu temporal expressions: Semantic and cultural perspectives
8. Universals and specifics of ‘time’ in Russian
Part III. Conceptualizing spatio-temporal relations
9. Linguistic manifestations of the space-time (dis)analogy
10. Vectors and frames of reference: Evidence from Seri and Yucatec
11. Verbal and gestural expression of motion in French and Czech
12. Language-specific effects on lexicalisation and memory of motion events
13. Space and time in episodic memory: Philosophical and developmental perspectives
14. Conceptualizing the present through construal aspects: The case of the English temporal constructions
15. From perception of spatial artefacts to metaphorical meaning
Contents of the companion volume: Linguistic diversity
Name index
Subject index
Language index363
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