Subject index
A
- absolute frames of reference1–2, 39, 75–76, 89, 91, 104
- absolute space3, 6, 152, 154
- abstract1 and abstract2117–118, 121, 152, 187–188
- abstract words19, 117–118, 187
- affordances107, 121, 138, 154
- allocentric frames of reference1, 102–103, 109, 189
- Anglo-Saxon measurements179–180
- animism108–110, 144, 150, 155
- artefacts91, 109, 135, 137, 143, 190
- Asian views of nature155–156
- aspect55–62, 91, 94, 98, 122
B
- being in the world69, 194
C
- cardinal frames of reference51, 75–76, 91–92, 99
- child’s concept of world107–110, 189
- Chukchi orientation46, 85–86, 96
- coastal orientation51, 75–81, 89
- cognitive underpinnings33, 107, 142
- conceptual blending64, 119
- conceptual metaphors2, 9, 35–36, 64, 95
- Cora orientation55–56, 61–62
- cosmology42, 147–154, 160
- cycles2, 91, 104, 181, 186–189
D
- deep time32, 153, 156, 161
- dimensions21, 24, 65, 91, 94, 152, 178, 195
- duration150, 153, 189–191
E
- egocentric frames of reference1, 92, 102, 109, 190
- episodic memory102–104, 107, 195
- extrinsic frames of reference20, 39, 55
F
- fictional worlds114–115, 119–120, 123–132
- figurative uses7–9, 11, 15–16, 194
- fire and water conflation79–81
G
- geocentric frames of reference102
- generalized words for space, time and world11, 20, 187–188, 194–195
- Greenland40, 47–49, 172–174
H
- heliocentric view of the world149, 151
- hierarchical organisation105, 186
- hunter-gatherers41, 75, 79, 146–147, 172, 180, 187
I
- interval3, 13, 186, 188–189
- intrinsic frames of reference1, 39, 81, 91–92, 98–99
- Inuit orientation40–41, 76–79, 82–85
K
- Kwak’wala orientation80–82
L
- landmarks75–76, 84–85, 91–93
- locational expressions51–63
M
- maps85, 104, 111–114, 144–146
- mathematics135, 150, 152, 217
- microcosm vs. macrocosm41, 75, 78–82, 90
- metaphor35–36, 62, 105–106, 117–118, 121, 191
N
- names of months93, 181–184
- names of seasons93–94, 183
- Nivkh orientation52–53, 79–80
- Nuuchahnulth orientation53–54
O
- organism148, 151–152, 155
- overlap of time and space words13–18, 186–191
P
- perception104–106, 118, 142, 153–154
- perceptual symbols116, 120
- perspective102–103, 123, 132, 189
Q
- quantum theory154, 158–159, 217
R
- relative frames of reference1, 91
- Relativity7, 152, 154, 157–158
- riverine orientation51, 75, 77, 79–80
- Roman measurements179, 181–182
S
- sensorimotor experience103, 187
- sensorimotor stage107–108
- sequential frames of reference20, 39, 55
- sexagesimal system177, 181–182
- sign language7, 30–31, 70, 92, 190, 212
- simulation103, 106, 120–121
- Space-time19, 106, 154, 157–159, 186–188
- spatial frames of reference1, 4, 75, 91–92, 99
- specious present36, 106, 190–192
- stars41–42, 85, 146, 156–160
- subjective time35, 188, 190
T
- temporal frames of reference1, 39, 91–99
- time expressed as space2, 62, 105
V
- Vancouver Island80–81, 91
W
- way of life33, 71, 136–138
- words for ‘the future’ and ‘the past’19–20, 93, 95–98
- words for cardinal directions1, 87–89
- world frames of reference2, 38, 99
- world model2, 99, 111, 134, 186, 216
- world of the deaf-blind38, 115
- worlds-within-worlds132, 134
Z
- Zeno’s paradoxes149–150, 154