LIN 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Mesoamerica, Ray Jackendoff, Intentionality

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Agrillo & roberson (2009)(revisiting b & l, 1954) claim that focal colors are not more memorable. They are, not easily perceivable under all circumstances, but are communicated faster and with fewer words. Evidence points toward constraints in color terminologies that can"t be explained in linguistic terms. But require reference to the vision faculty and higher cognitive processing of colors. Project headed by j. bohnemeyer (nsf grant #bcs-0723694) Investigates spatial semantics in 15 languages of mesoamerica. Space and location are basic to cognitive architecture. Speci cation of shapes, objects, dimensions, relations (jackendoff, 1996) Mesospace(iii) (frequent) usage of meronyms for object parts and spatial regions (e. g. in zapotec) Frame of reference is a conceptual coordinate system used to de ne orientation-dependent place functions (jackendoff, 1983) Intrinsic for, e. g. the ball is behind the chair. Relative for, e. g. the ball is in front of the chair. Absolute for, e. g. the ball is east of the chair.

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