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Spatial networks as a site for the study of Language and Thought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 March 2026

Charlotte Linde and
William Labov
Charlotte Linde
Affiliation:
Hunter College, CUNY
William Labov
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania
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Abstract

A technique has been developed for observing the translation of cognitive input into language in a spontaneous, practiced speech event: descriptions of the lay-outs of apartments.

The great majority of such lay-outs are imaginary tours which transform spatial lay outs into temporally organized narratives. The set of discourse rules which govern these speech events is given, and the rules which determine a number of features of sentence grammar are- outlined. This study represents an initial description of the links between cognitive input, discourse rules, and the rules of sentence grammar.

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Language , Volume 51 , Issue 4 , December 1975, pp. 924 - 939
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Copyright © 1975 Linguistic Society of America

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