Abstract
Different languages have different ways of using spatial language, grammatically and conceptually. This paper reports on aspects of the language of motion in Iwaidja, an indigenous Australian language. The way that Iwaidja groups and separates spatial concepts such as direction, height and movement in relation to another object are briefly described using examples from a route description task. The implications are discussed in terms of how understanding these grammatical features can help teachers of Indigenous students, as wellas providing keys to cross-linguistic investigations of mathematical cognition
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education |
Editors | Konrad Krainer, Naďa Vondrová |
Place of Publication | Prague, Czech Republic |
Publisher | Charles University in Prague |
Pages | 1361-1367 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-80-7290-844-8 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Event | Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education - Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 4 Feb 2015 → 8 Feb 2015 Conference number: 9th |
Conference
Conference | Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education |
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Abbreviated title | CERME9 |
Country/Territory | Czech Republic |
City | Prague |
Period | 4/02/15 → 8/02/15 |