Geospatial Natural Language in Indigenous Australia: Research Priorities

Australian languages are widely believed to exemplify abstract spatial conceptual systems, manifest as cardinal terms. In fact, Australian languages typically make heavy use of terms invoking local environmental features. We report on research investigating correlations between linguistic spatial systems and topography, and the role of socio-cultural factors in individual variation in spatial referential strategy choices. 2012 ACM Subject Classification Information systems → Geographic information systems

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