In:This is the Thing: A cognitive/typological investigation into the concept of ‘thinghood’
Michael Fortescue
[Human Cognitive Processing 79] 2026
► pp. 215–216
Subject index
Published online: 5 January 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.79.si
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.79.si
A
- Abstract1 5,23–5, 28–30, 33–8, 71, 178, 190
- Abstract2 5,28–30, 33–38, 71, 178
- abstract word location37–8
- affordances148–151
- anaphora94, 99–103
- animism81–7, 92
- artefact38, 45, 148, 151, 193
- article186
- assembly7–8, 195
B
- background57–8
- basic level37, 39
- bi-directional development191
- binding159
- body208–11
C
- categorization38–40, 46
- child language acquisition17–19, 42–3, 67, 190–2
- classificatory system110–12
- cognitive metaphor theory75–7, 147–8
- communicative scenario18, 71
- conceptual archetypes20
- context60–68
- context of situation66
- context of utterance65
- contextual categorization40
- countable112
D
- degree of abstraction33–6
- demonstratives58–9, 104–5
- dimensional roots26
- dispositional representation157
- domain42, 75
E
- eigenstate model43, 68–72
- element187–8
- enduring object35
- entity27, 71, 187
- expert category41
F
- family resemblance40
- figure213
- figure/ground21, 56–8
- first-order entity22–3
- Folketing8
- form213
- frames65
- frames of reference140–2
- furniture words38–40, 43–6
G
- gender105–110
- Gestalt theory48–9
- grammatical function127–130
- grammaticalization127–9
H
- higher-order things21
- hunter-gatherers15, 36
I
- Iceland8
- Image schema19, 41–2
- indefinite pronouns114–121
L
- literate culture195
M
- matter188–9
- memory160
- mental model66–7
- mental spaces76, 118
- metaphor36–7, 75–7, 182, 185
- metonymy182
- mind76–7, 89–93
- misplaced concreteness74–81
- monad154
N
- Nature184–5
- neural underpinnings156–7
- nothing121–6
- noun class110–11
- nouns21–2
P
- particle187
- perception149–50
- perceptual symbols150
- positionals137
- possessions17, 75
- prepositions143–6
- primary qualities134–5
- pronouns94–105
- properties134–8
- proto-self89
- prototype21, 38–40
- Pygmies85
R
- radial category68
- reification21, 25–6, 48
- retinotopic mapping158
S
- schema22, 41–2, 76
- Self74–5, 78
- semantic bleaching105, 118
- semantic change181–3
- semantic map28–9, 103–5
- semantic widening182–3
- sensorimotor cortex38, 89
- shape213
- situation model67
- soul71–6, 81–9
- subatomic particles162
- subject187
- synonyms186
T
- tactile perception134, 161
- thing-in-itself154
- tools17, 148
- topology140, 147
- type/token25
V
- visuospatial sketchpad160
- visual perception149–50, 157–60, 175
W
- what and where pathways158–9
- world79–80, 150
