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Development of Geocentric Spatial Language and Cognition : an eco-cultural perspective / Pierre R. Dasen andRamesh C. Mishra.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in cognitive and perceptual developmentPublication details: New Delhi Cambridge University Press 2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 388 ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781107008335
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.23109 P614 D 102015
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction and Methods: 1. Theory and research questions; 2. Methods; 3. Settings; Part II. Results: 4. Pilot study in Bali and first study (India and Nepal, 1999-2000); 5. Returning to Bali: main study 2002-2007; 6. Varanasi; 7. Kathmandu; 8. Panditpur; 9. Geneva; Part III. Additional Studies: 10. Spatial language addressed to children; 11. Geocentric gestures before language?; 12. Spatial organization schemes; 13. Neurophysiological correlates of geocentric space; 14. Geocentric dead reckoning; Part IV. Conclusions: 15. Discussion and conclusions; Appendix 1. Summary of instructions, questionnaires, and coding schemes; Appendix 2. Examples of language in each location; Appendix 3. Extracts from school manuals.
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304.20954 M2779 S 102073 Shifting ground : 304.6021 L145 S 103126 Survey Sampling Methods 305.0954 G646 C 102124 The Cracked Mirror : 305.23109 P614 D 102015 Development of Geocentric Spatial Language and Cognition : 305.235/2095409034 R821 C Coming of age in nineteenth-century India : 305.24210869 C8445 T 102166 Timepass: Youth, Class, and the Politics of Waiting in India 305.40954 V691 W 103231 Women and Work in Precolonial India :

"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 the west'). How do children learn to use geocentric language? And why do geocentric spatial references sound strange in English when they are standard practice in other languages? This book studies child development in Bali, India, Nepal, and Switzerland and explores how children learn to use a geocentric frame both when speaking and performing non-verbal cognitive tasks (such as remembering locations and directions). The authors examine how these skills develop with age, look at the socio-cultural contexts in which the learning takes place, and explore the ecological, cultural, social, and linguistic conditions that favour the use of a geocentric frame of reference"--

Machine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction and Methods: 1. Theory and research questions; 2. Methods; 3. Settings; Part II. Results: 4. Pilot study in Bali and first study (India and Nepal, 1999-2000); 5. Returning to Bali: main study 2002-2007; 6. Varanasi; 7. Kathmandu; 8. Panditpur; 9. Geneva; Part III. Additional Studies: 10. Spatial language addressed to children; 11. Geocentric gestures before language?; 12. Spatial organization schemes; 13. Neurophysiological correlates of geocentric space; 14. Geocentric dead reckoning; Part IV. Conclusions: 15. Discussion and conclusions; Appendix 1. Summary of instructions, questionnaires, and coding schemes; Appendix 2. Examples of language in each location; Appendix 3. Extracts from school manuals.

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