Author : David M. Mark
Release : 2011-06-09
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 04X/5 ( reviews)
GET EBOOK
Book Synopsis Landscape in Language by : David M. Mark
Download or read book Landscape in Language written by David M. Mark. This book was released on 2011-06-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Landscape is fundamental to human experience. Yet until recently, the study of landscape has been fragmented among the disciplines. This volume focuses on how landscape is represented in language and thought, and what this reveals about the relationships of people to place and to land. Scientists of various disciplines such as anthropologists, geographers, information scientists, linguists, and philosophers address several questions, including: Are there cross-cultural and cross-linguistic variations in the delimitation, classification, and naming of geographic features? Can alternative world-views and conceptualizations of landscape be used to produce culturally-appropriate Geographic Information Systems (GIS)? Topics included: ontology of landscape; landscape terms and concepts; toponyms; spiritual aspects of land and landscape terms; research methods; ethical dimensions of the research; and its potential value to indigenous communities involved in this type of research.