Landscape in Language: Transdisciplinary perspectives: 4 (Culture and Language Use) - Hardcover

 
9789027202864: Landscape in Language: Transdisciplinary perspectives: 4 (Culture and Language Use)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9027202869 ISBN 13: 9789027202864
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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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.

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Verlag
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9027202869
ISBN 13 
9789027202864
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
464
Herausgeber
Mark David M., Turk Andrew G., Burenhult Niclas, Stea David
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