Ján PRAVDA

Language conception of the map, its development and its present state

Pravda, J.: Language conception of the map, its development and its present state. Kartografické listy, 1993, 1, 37 refs.

Abstract: The development of language conception of the map from 1966 is analyzed. Three relevant version of language conception exist at present: “language of map”, “map language” and “map symbolism”. The term “linguistic conception” is narrower than the term “language conception”. Language conception is not part of the conception of cartographic communication. It does not pretend to be a general theory of cartography but it Is only partial cartographic theory.

Keywords: theoretic conceptions of the map, language conception of the map, linguistic conception of the map, variants of the language conception