Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Copyright Page / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Dedication / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Acknowledgements / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Abbreviations and Reading Conventions / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Introduction / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 1 Aṣ-Ṣāniʿ Space and Time and a Linguist in the Field / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 2 Basics of Space and Time / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 3 Society, Culture, and Methodology / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 4 Aṣ-Ṣāniʿ Space and Time: A Linguistic and Cultural Overview / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 5 The Intrinsic Frame of Reference across the Generations / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 6 The Relative Frame of Reference across the Generations / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 7 The Geocentric Frame of Reference across the Generations / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 8 TAA , MAA , and YAA Cognitive Referential Framing / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 9 Temporal Cognition across the Generations / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Chapter 10 Conclusions: Language, Thought, Culture, and Reality / Letizia Cerqueglini -- References / Letizia Cerqueglini -- Index / Letizia Cerqueglini.

What is the relationship between spatial and temporal representations in language and cognition? What is the role of culture in this relationship? I enter this discussion by offering a community-based, cross-generational study on the community of speakers of aṣ-Ṣāniʿ Arabic, members of a Negev Desert Bedouin tribe in Israel. The book presents the results of ten years of fieldwork, the linguistic and cognitive profiles of three generations, and first-hand narration of a century of history, from nomadism to sedentarism, between conservation, resilience, and change. Linguistic and cognitive representations change with lifestyle, culture, and relationships with nature and landscape. Language changes more rapidly than cognitive structures, and the relationship between spatial and temporal representations is complex and multifaceted.

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