Time in terms of space

Frontiers in Psychology

Asifa Majid¹ 

关键词: time;    space;    cross-cultural;    metaphor;    linguistics;    linguistic relativity;    gesture;    bilingualism;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00554

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Across cultures, people use spatial representations for time: graphs, time-lines, clocks, sundials, hourglasses, calendars, etc. In language, time is also closely tied to space, with spatial terms often used to describe the order and duration of events. In English, we move the meeting forward, push deadlines back, attend a long concert or go on a short break. People make spatial gestures when talking about time, and spontaneously invoke spatial representations when processing temporal language. The papers in this collection shed new light on these time-space mappings in language, gesture, and non-linguistic thought.

【 授权许可】

CC BY