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Landscape in language: An introduction

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Author

Editor

  • David M. Mark
  • Andrew Turk
  • Niclas Burenhult
  • David Stea

Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

2011

Language

English

Pages

1-24

Publication/Series

Landscape in language: Transdisciplinary perspectives

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Topic

  • General Language Studies and Linguistics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978 90 272 0286 4