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Query Subject:	Space/Time Reference in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
Author:	Keyi Sun
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Linguistic LingField(s):	Psycholinguistics Semantics

Query:	I am a phd student in psycholinguistics, recently studying how time- related metaphors are embodied into directions. I am using English speakers as a control group. one of the participants is from Denmark, who can speak Danish, English, and understands Norwegian and Swedish, and I am considering how the other languages might have effects on his perception of time-direction relationships. As in English, we know future is front, and past is back, but this direction-time relation differs depending on languages. Do Danish, Norwegian and Swedish have a similar structure between space and time? Or do any one of them might have a future-back, past-front relationship, or any lexcial item in time-related expression might use different word? For example, in some languages the expression 'a week front' may mean a week ago, but in other languages it may mean a week later. Any resources related to this topic would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
LL Issue:	23.3090
Date posted:	17-Jul-2012
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