29.82, Books: Visual and Linguistic Respresentations of Places of Origin: Pozzato

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Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 14:58:36
From: Helen van der Stelt [Helen.vanderStelt at springer.com]
Subject: Visual and Linguistic Respresentations of Places of Origin: Pozzato

Title: Visual and Linguistic Respresentations of Places of Origin 
Subtitle: An Interdisciplinary Analysis 
Series Title: Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology  

Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: Springer
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Book URL: http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319688572 

Author: Maria Pia Pozzato

Hardback: ISBN:  9783319688572 Pages: 312 Price: Europe EURO 99.99

Abstract:

This book is about the representations - both visual and linguistic - which
people give of their own places of origin. It examines the drawings of
interviewees who were asked to draw their own place of origin on a white A3
sheet, using pencil or colour, according to their choice. If they were born in
a place they did not remember because they moved in when they were very small,
they could draw the place they did remember as the scenario of their early
childhood. The drawings are examined from three different perspectives:
semiotics, cognitive psychology and geography. The semiotic instruments are
used to describe how each person reconstructs a complex image of his/her
childhood place, and how they translate their own memories from one language
to another, e.g. from drawing to verbal story, trying to approach what they
want to express in the best possible way. The cognitive-psychological point of
view helps clarify the emotional world of the interviewees and their
motivations during the process of reconstruction and expression of their
childhood experiences. The geographical conceptualizations concern a cultural
level and provide insight into the cartographic models that inspire the maps
people drew. One of the main findings was the influence from cultural codes as
demonstrated in the fact that most of the US students interviewed drew their
maps showing considerable cartographic expertise in comparison to their
European counterparts.

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Philosophy of Language
                     Pragmatics

Written In: English  (eng)

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