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333 CHAPTER Space, Time and Number in the Brain. DOI: © Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 2011 10.1016/B978-0-12-385948-8.00020-7 How Languages Construct Time Lera Boroditsky Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, USA 20 Summary

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Space, Time and Number in the Brain.DOI: © Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.201110.1016/B978-0-12-385948-8.00020-7

How Languages Construct Time

Lera BoroditskyDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

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3.4.

THE AXES OF TIME

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MOTION IN TIME

REVERSING THE DIRECTION OF TIME

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DURATION

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REPRESENTATIONS OF TIME IN ABSOLUTE SPACE

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FIGURE 20.1

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Representations of Time in Absolute Space

References

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