Only applications-driven book dealing with commerically-sponsored spatial analysis research. * Focuses on business and public sector planning case studies, offering readers a snapshot of the use of spatial analysis across a broad range of areas. * Internationally-renowned editors and contributors present a broad variety of global applications, and demonstrate GIS components and spatial methodologies in practice.
School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences University of Sussex Linguists, psychologists and philosophers have long observed the importance of space and spatial experience for both language and thought. In this book
Does temporal language depend on spatial language? This widespread view is intuitively appealing since spatial and temporal expressions are often similar or identical. Also, metaphors consistently express temporal phenomena in terms of spatial language, pointing to a close semantic and conceptual relationship. But what about the application of the two kinds of linguistic expressions in natural discourse? The book draws together findings on terms that describe the relation of objects or events to each other (such as in front / behind, before /after, etc.)
The studies reported above demonstrate the severe communication deficits that affect the spatial discourse of DAT patients. Their capacities to communicate are limited in many domains, but this is especially evident in the domain of space. Language itself is not affected and no sign of aphasia was shown by the patients involved in our studies. This is an important point, in that it allows the scientist to obtain knowledge about the DAT patients’ spatial difficulties, complementing the many studies that have documented the severe deficits they experience in spatial orientation and navigation.
