Moving forward in space and time: How strong is the conceptual link between spatial and temporal frames of reference (FoRs)?

People often use spatial vocabulary to describe temporal relations, and this increasingly has motivated attempts to map spatial frames of reference (FoRs) onto time. Recent research suggested that speech communities, which differ in how they conceptualize space, may also differ in how they conceptua...

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Main Authors: Andrea eBender, Annelie eRothe-Wulf, Lisa eHüther, Sieghard eBeller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00486/full