Book
Landscape in Language: Transdisciplinary Perspectives
Landscape in Language, Vol.4
John Benjamins Publishing Company
2011
Abstract
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? Can alternative world-views and conceptualizations of landscape be used to produce culturally-appropriate Geographic Information Systems (GIS)? Topics included: ontology of landscape; landscape terms and concepts; toponyms; spiritual aspects of land and landscape terms; research methods; ethical dimensions of the research; and its potential value to indigenous communities involved in this type of research.
Details
- Title
- Landscape in Language: Transdisciplinary Perspectives
- Authors/Creators
- D.M. Mark (Editor) - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkA.G. Turk (Editor) - Murdoch UniversityN. Burenhult (Editor) - Max Planck Institute for PsycholinguisticsD. Stea (Editor) - Texas State University
- Publication Details
- Landscape in Language, Vol.4
- Publisher
- John Benjamins Publishing Company; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Identifiers
- 9789027202864; 991005544252207891
- Copyright
- 2011 John Benjamins B.V.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book
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