Silvia Luraghi (University of Pavia) Tatiana Nikitina (LLACAN - CNRS) Chiara Zanchi (University of Pavia / Uni
Space is a fundamental dimension of human life and is pervasive in human experience. Research on space has highlighted the possible asymmetrical nature of spatial relations. Differences in the encoding of goals and sources of motion are a case in point, and cross-linguistic coding tendencies show that path is less frequently flagged by a dedicated case than goal, source/origin, and (static) location (locative). Interestingly, such asymmetries may correlate with certain types of landmark, as in the case of toponyms or of animate entities. Even though these issues have been focused upon both in...
Space is a fundamental dimension of human life and is pervasive in human experience. Research on space has highlighted the possible asymmetrical natur...