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Spatial Language

Spatial Language is a linguistic construct that systematically encodes spatial relationships, properties, and transformations of objects and environments through lexical, syntactic, and semantic means, distinguishing it from non-spatial language by its focus on geometric, topological, and directional information.

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31.2K

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814

Authors

343

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2017–2026

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Publications

431

Time in the mind: Using space to think about time

Daniel Casasanto, Lera Boroditsky · Cognition · 2007 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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“What” and “where” in spatial language and spatial cognition

Barbara Landau, Ray Jackendoff · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1993 · 1K citations

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What does cross-linguistic variation in semantic coordination of speech and gesture reveal?: Evidence for an interface representation of spatial thinking and speaking

Sotaro Kita · Journal of Memory and Language · 2003 · 953 citations · Full text

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LANGUAGE AND SPACE

Stephen C. Levinson · Annual Review of Anthropology · 1996 · 754 citations · Full text

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Space Syntax

Sonit Bafna · Environment and Behavior · 2003 · 600 citations

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Authors

814

  1. BL
    Barbara Landau

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    16 publications · 2.4K citations

    16

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  2. NS
    Nora S. Newcombe

    Temple University, United States

    9 publications · 1.2K citations

    9

    h-index

  3. AP
    Anna Papafragou

    University of Delaware, United States

    6 publications · 329 citations

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  4. SC
    Stephen C. Levinson

    Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

    8 publications · 2.7K citations

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  5. DG
    Dedre Gentner

    Northwestern University, United States

    8 publications · 370 citations

    8

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Institutions

343

  1. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    24 h-index

    49 publications

    12.6K citations

  2. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    17 h-index

    28 publications

    7.2K citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    3.5K citations

  4. University of Delaware

    Newark, United States

    12 h-index

    28 publications

    3.3K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    12 h-index

    19 publications

    2.1K citations

  6. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    756 citations

  7. Temple University

    Philadelphia, United States

    9 h-index

    24 publications

    3.4K citations

  8. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    9 h-index

    18 publications

    814 citations

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Venues

  1. Cognition

    13 publications · 3.4K citations

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  2. Cognitive Science

    13 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. eScholarship (California Digital Library)

    Repository · 13 publications · 354 citations

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  4. Spatial Cognition and Computation

    11 publications · 305 citations

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  5. Child Development

    8 publications · 590 citations

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