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@article{item_3224287,
title = {{Can language restructure cognition? The case for space}},
author = {Majid, Asifa and Bowerman, Melissa and Kita, Sotaro and Haun, Daniel B. M. and Levinson, Stephen C.},
language = {eng},
issn = {1364-6613},
doi = {10.1016/j.tics.2004.01.003},
publisher = {Cell Press},
address = {Cambridge, Massachusetts},
year = {2004},
date = {2004},
abstract = {{Frames of reference are coordinate systems used to{\textless}br{\textgreater}compute and specify the location of objects with{\textless}br{\textgreater}respect to other objects. These have long been thought{\textless}br{\textgreater}of as innate concepts, built into our neurocognition.{\textless}br{\textgreater}However, recent work shows that the use of such{\textless}br{\textgreater}frames in language, cognition and gesture varies crossculturally,{\textless}br{\textgreater}and that children can acquire different systems{\textless}br{\textgreater}with comparable ease. We argue that language{\textless}br{\textgreater}can play a significant role in structuring, or restructuring,{\textless}br{\textgreater}a domain as fundamental as spatial cognition. This{\textless}br{\textgreater}suggests we need to rethink the relation between the{\textless}br{\textgreater}neurocognitive underpinnings of spatial cognition and{\textless}br{\textgreater}the concepts we use in everyday thinking, and, more{\textless}br{\textgreater}generally, to work out how to account for cross-cultural{\textless}br{\textgreater}cognitive diversity in core cognitive domains.}},
journal = {{Trends in Cognitive Sciences}},
volume = {8},
number = {3},
pages = {108--114},
}