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Space and Time in Languages and Cultures Language, culture, and cognition Edited by Luna Filipović University of East Anglia Kasia M. Jaszczolt University of Cambridge John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam / Philadelphia Human Cognitive Processing (HCP) Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use This book series is a forum for interdisciplinary research on the grammatical structure, semantic organization, and communicative function of language(s), and their anchoring in human cognitive faculties. For an overview of all books published in this series, please see http://benjamins.com/catalog/hcp Editors Klaus-Uwe Panther Linda L. Thornburg Nanjing Normal University Nanjing Normal University & University of Hamburg Editorial Board Bogusław Bierwiaczonek Elżbieta Górska University of Economics and Humanities, University of Warsaw Poland Martin Hilpert Mario Brdar Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Croatia Zoltán Kövecses Barbara Dancygier Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary University of British Columbia Teenie Matlock N.J. Enfield University of California at Merced Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Carita Paradis Nijmegen & Radboud University Nijmegen Lund University Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen Günter Radden University of Copenhagen University of Hamburg Ad Foolen Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez Radboud University Nijmegen University of La Rioja Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. Doris Schönefeld University of California at Santa Cruz University of Leipzig Rachel Giora Debra Ziegeler Tel Aviv University Paul Valéry University, France Volume 37 Space and Time in Languages and Cultures. Language, culture, and cognition Edited by Luna Filipović and Kasia M. Jaszczolt TM The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of 8 the American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Space and time in languages and cultures : language, culture, and cognition / edited by Luna Filipovi´c, Kasia M. Jaszczolt. p. cm. (Human Cognitive Processing, issn 1387-6724 ; v. 37) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Space and time in language. 2. Psycholinguistics. 3. Cognition. 4. Language and culture. I. Filipovi´c, Luna. II. Jaszczolt, Kasia M. P37.5.S65S56 2012 401--dc23 2012016426 isbn 978 90 272 2391 3 (Hb ; alk. paper) isbn 978 90 272 7360 4 (Eb) © 2012 – John Benjamins B.V. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by print, photoprint, microfilm, or any other means, without written permission from the publisher. John Benjamins Publishing Co. · P.O. Box 36224 · 1020 me Amsterdam · The Netherlands John Benjamins North America · P.O. Box 27519 · Philadelphia pa 19118-0519 · usa Table of contents Language, culture, and cognition Editors and contributors vii Foreword: Space and time in languages, cultures, and cognition xi Kasia M. Jaszczolt and Luna Filipović Introduction: Linguistic, cultural, and cognitive approaches to space and time 1 Luna Filipović and Kasia M. Jaszczolt Part I. Linguistic and conceptual representation of events 1. Event-based time intervals in an Amazonian culture 15 Vera da Silva Sinha, Chris Sinha, Wany Sampaio and Jörg Zinken 2. Vagueness in event times: An epistemic solution 37 Minyao Huang 3. Aspectual coercions in content composition 55 Nicholas Asher and Julie Hunter 4. Back to the future: Just where are forthcoming events located? 83 Alan Wallington Part II. Cultural perspectives on space and time 5. The “Russian” attitude to time 103 Valentina Apresjan 6. Two temporalities of the Mongolian wolf hunter 121 Bernard Charlier 7. Koromu temporal expressions: Semantic and cultural perspectives 143 Carol Priestley 8. Universals and specifics of ‘time’ in Russian 167 Anna Gladkova vi Space and Time in Languages and Cultures: Language, culture, and cognition Part III. Conceptualizing spatio-temporal relations 9. Linguistic manifestations of the space-time (dis)analogy 191 Ronald W. Langacker 10. Vectors and frames of reference: Evidence from Seri and Yucatec 217 Jürgen Bohnemeyer and Carolyn O’Meara 11. Verbal and gestural expression of motion in French and Czech 251 Kateřina Fibigerová, Michèle Guidetti and Lenka Šulová 12. Language-specific effects on lexicalisation and memory of motion events 269 Luna Filipović and Sharon Geva 13. Space and time in episodic memory: Philosophical and developmental perspectives 283 James Russell and Jonathan Davies 14. Conceptualizing the present through construal aspects: The case of the English temporal constructions 305 Grzegorz Drożdż 15. From perception of spatial artefacts to metaphorical meaning 329 Marlene Johansson Falck Contents of the companion volume 351 Name index 355 Subject index 359 Language index 363 Editors and contributors Editors Luna Filipović Jürgen Bohnemeyer School of Language and Department of Linguistics Communication Studies University at Buffalo Faculty of Arts and Humanities The State University of New York University of East Anglia 609 Baldy Hall Norwich Research Park Buffalo, NY 14260, USA Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom [email protected] [email protected] Bernard Charlier Kasia M. Jaszczolt The Mongolia and Inner Asia Department of Theoretical and Studies Unit Applied Linguistics Department of Social Anthropology University of Cambridge University of Cambridge Cambridge CB3 9DA, United Kingdom The Mond Building [email protected] Free School Lane Cambridge CB2 3RT, United Kingdom Contributors [email protected] Valentina Apresjan Vera da Silva Sinha Department of Linguistics Universidade Federal de Rondônia Philological Faculty Departamento de Letras e Lingüística Higher School of Economics (Lingüística e Línguas Indígenas) Khitrovsky per., 2/8, korp. 8 CEP: 76801-059 109028 Moscow, Russia Porto Velho-RO Brazil valentina.apresjan@ gmail.com [email protected] Nicholas Asher Jonathan Davies CNRS, Laboratoire Institut de Recherche University of Bristol en Informatique de Toulouse Faculty of Medicine Université Paul Sabatier First Floor South, Senate House Toulouse, France Tyndall Avenue [email protected] Bristol, BS8 1TH, United Kingdom [email protected] viii Space and Time in Languages and Cultures: Language, culture, and cognition Grzegorz Drożdż Anna Gladkova Institute of English School of Behavioural, Cognitive University of Silesia and Social Sciences Ul. Grota-Roweckiego 5 University of New England 41-205 Sosnowiec, Poland Armidale NSW 2351, Australia [email protected] [email protected] Kateřina Fibigerová Michèle Guidetti Department of Psychology Laboratoire Octogone-ECCD Faculty of Arts Pavillon de la Recherche Charles University of Prague Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail Celetná 20 5, Allées A. Machado 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic 31058 Toulouse Cedex 9, France & [email protected] Laboratoire Octogone-ECCD Minyao Huang Pavillon de la Recherche Department of Theoretical and Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail Applied Linguistics 5, Allées A. Machado Faculty of Modern and 31058 Toulouse Cedex 9, France Medieval Languages [email protected] University of Cambridge Luna Filipović Sidgwick Avenue School of Language and Cambridge CB3 9DA, United Kingdom Communication Studies [email protected] Faculty of Arts and Humanities Julie Hunter University of East Anglia Universite de Pau Norwich Research Park et des Pays de l’Adour, Pau Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom Institut Jean Nicod and Ecole des Hautes [email protected] Études de Sciences Sociales Sharon Geva Paris, France Developmental Cognitive juliehunter@gmailcom Neuroscience Unit Marlene Johansson Falck UCL Institute of Child Health Department of Language Studies 30 Guilford Street Umeå University London WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom 901 87 Umeå, Sweden [email protected] [email protected] Editors and contributors ix Ronald W. Langacker Chris Sinha Department of Linguistics Lund University University of California, San Diego School of Languages and 9500 Gilman Drive Literature (Linguistics) La Jolla, CA 92093-0108, USA PO Box 201, 221 00 Lund, Sweden [email protected] [email protected] Carolyn O’Meara Lenka Šulová Seminario de Lenguas Indígenas Charles University of Prague Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas Faculty of Arts Universidad Nacional Autónoma Department of Psychology de México Celetná 20 Circuito Mario de la Cueva 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 [email protected] México, D.F. Alan Wallington [email protected] School of Linguistics and Carol Priestley English Language Languages and Linguistics Bangor University Griffith University College Road 170 Kessels Road Bangor Nathan, QLD 4111 Gwynedd LL57 2DG, United Kingdom [email protected] [email protected] James Russell Jörg Zinken Department of Experimental University of Portsmouth Psychology Department of Psychology University of Cambridge King Henry Building Downing Street King Henry I Street Cambridge CB2 3EB, United Kingdom Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 2DY [email protected] United Kingdom [email protected] Wany Sampaio Universidade Federal de Rondônia Departamento de Letras e Lingüística (Lingüística e Línguas Indígenas) CEP: 76801-059 Porto Velho-RO Brazil [email protected] foreword Space and time in languages, cultures, and cognition The two volumes comprising Space and Time in Languages and Cultures, pub- lished as HCP 36 and HCP 37, originated as a selection of papers from Space and Time across Languages, Disciplines, and Cultures (STALDAC 2010) – an interna- tional conference organised by the editors of this collection at Newnham College, Cambridge, April 8–10, 2010. The conference gathered participants from various continents, presenting and discussing work on how humans represent space and time in various languages – including exotic and endangered – as well as how space and time are researched in linguistics, psychology, anthropology, philoso- phy, and various areas of cognitive science. The very intricate nature of the relationship between space and time is con- firmed by the diversity of the areas of research that are represented by the contri- butions to the two volumes. This multifaceted approach to spatial and temporal constructs in human language, cognition, and culture enables us to shed new light on the interaction between potentially universal and language-specific/culture- specific features that shape the way people interact with each other and with their environment. Language as a uniquely human phenomenon provided a unifying platform for the discussions in the present volumes. The principal aim we have with this collection of contributions is to show that an all-encompassing under- standing of space and time in language is not achievable in isolation, within a single discipline, but can be attained only through the study of linguistic habits, social contexts, scientific knowledge, and philosophical interpretation. The chapters in the collection follow several leading themes. The first volume, HCP 36, focuses on language diversity and presents research on, among other things, how location in space and time is conveyed in various languages; space and time in language acquisition; and speaking about motion, with its universal and language-specific aspects (see the Introduction to HCP 36). The second vol- ume, HCP 37, devoted to language, culture, and cognition, focuses on the central topic of the representation of events; cross-cultural differences in representing time and space; and various aspects of the conceptualisation of space and time (see the Introduction to HCP 37). For the reader’s convenience, the tables of con- tents of both HCP 36 and 37 are listed in each volume.
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