Cross-Linguistic Differences in Side Assignment to Objects and Interpretation of Spatial Relations: Right and Left in Ge
Which position do you mean by “to the right of” an object? Starting within a few months after birth, humans use deixis like “to the right of” in different ways in everyday situations—nonverbal deixis such as pointing gestures, and later verbal ones, too,
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Series Editors Randy Goebel University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Yuzuru Tanaka Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Wolfgang Wahlster DFKI and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Editors Jurǵis Šķilters University of Latvia Riga, Latvia
Nora S. Newcombe Temple University Philadelphia, PA, USA
David Uttal Northwestern University Evanston, IL, USA
ISSN 0302-9743 ISSN 1611-3349 (electronic) Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ISBN 978-3-030-57982-1 ISBN 978-3-030-57983-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57983-8 LNCS Sublibrary: SL7 – Artificial Intelligence © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
We are glad to present this volume of proceedings from the biannual conference Spatial Cognition (SC) 2020. The conference was supposed to take place in Riga, Latvia, at the University of Latvia, August 26–28, 2020, in collaboration with several international and national institutional partners. However, due to the unpredictable situation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Program and Steering Committees decided to
