03167     2200325   4500001002100000005001700021006001900038008004100057020001800098035002500116040001800141050002300159082001800182100001700200245013200217260006400349300003800413490006800451504006600519505076900585520098501354650004702339650003202386650001502418700003502433856008402468856010602552856009102658856009202749INLIS00000000000002720130530132549.0a|   | |   |||| | 100607s2010||||ab |   | |   |||| |        a9780521191050  a0010-051300000000012  aDLCcDLCdDLC00aHQ767.9b.D38 201000222a305.231091 aDasen, P. R.10aDevelopment of geocentric spatial language and cognition :ban eco-cultural perspective /cPierre R. Dasen andRamesh C. Mishra.  aCambridge ;aNew York :bCambridge University Press,c2010.  axx, 388 p. :bill., map ;c24 cm.0 aCambridge studies in cognitive and perceptual development ;v12  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 355-375) and indexes.8 aMachine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction and Methods: 1. Theory and research questions; 2. Methods; 3. Settings; Part II. Results: 4. Pilot study in Bali and first study (India and Nepal, 1999-2000); 5. Returning to Bali: main study 2002-2007; 6. Varanasi; 7. Kathmandu; 8. Panditpur; 9. Geneva; Part III. Additional Studies: 10. Spatial language addressed to children; 11. Geocentric gestures before language?; 12. Spatial organization schemes; 13. Neurophysiological correlates of geocentric space; 14. Geocentric dead reckoning; Part IV. Conclusions: 15. Discussion and conclusions; Appendix 1. Summary of instructions, questionnaires, and coding schemes; Appendix 2. Examples of language in each location; Appendix 3. Extracts from school manuals.  a"Egocentric spatial language uses coordinates in relation to our body to talk about small-scale space ('put the knife on the right of the plate and the fork on the left'), while geocentric spatial language uses geographic coordinates ('put the knife to the east, and the fork to the west'). How do children learn to use geocentric language? And why do geocentric spatial references sound strange in English when they are standard practice in other languages? This book studies child development in Bali, India, Nepal, and Switzerland and explores how children learn to use a geocentric frame both when speaking and performing non-verbal cognitive tasks (such as remembering locations and directions). The authors examine how these skills develop with age, look at the socio-cultural contexts in which the learning takes place, and explore the ecological, cultural, social, and linguistic conditions that favour the use of a geocentric frame of reference"--cProvided by publisher. 0aChild developmentvCross-cultural studies. 0aSpace and time in language. 0aCognition.1 aMishra, Ramesh Chandra,d1952-423Cover imageuhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805211/91050/cover/9780521191050.jpg423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010023743-b.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010023743-d.html413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010023743-t.html