This paper compiles data from 127 globally distributed languages which attest to cross-language uniformities in the lexical encoding and naming of the four cardinal directions. Languages tend to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Negev Arabic displays a unique spatial system characterized by referential complementarity: Intrinsic, Relative, and Absolute frames of ...

Sitting alongside thousands of New Yorkers in St. Peter’s Basilica, I was filled with pride and affection as I witnessed His Eminence Timothy M. Dolan’s elevation to the rank of cardinal. For those ...

Researchers studied women and men using fMRI during wayfinding tasks in a recently learned virtual environment. Men consistently performed better than women. When women were given a drop of ...

Author Jerry Brotton (The History Of The World in Twelve Maps) presents a five-part series exploring the story of each of the four cardinal points of the compass in turn - with the first episode ...

Each cardinal direction possesses unique energies that can amplify manifestation practices. The east embodies new beginnings, the south fuels passion and action, the west facilitates healing and ...