Caballero / Díaz Vera Sensuous Cognition

Explorations into Human Sentience: Imagination, (E)motion and Perception
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-11-030077-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 22, 311 Seiten

Reihe: Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL]ISSN

Zielgruppe

Linguists, Anthropologists, Philosophers, Cultural Studies Scholars, Sociolinguists, as well as Doctoral Students in those areas

Autoren/Hrsg.

Caballero, Rosario

Díaz Vera, Javier E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;1 Unifying the body, mind and culture;9
1.1;References;13
2;Part I: The mind and the body;15
2.1;2 Different bodies, different minds: The body-specificity of language and thought;17
2.1.1;Introduction;17
2.1.2;Body-specificity of action language and motor imagery;18
2.1.3;Imagined actions;19
2.1.4;Motor action and verb meaning;19
2.1.5;Body-specificity of emotion;20
2.1.6;Choosing sides;20
2.1.7;How using your hands can change your mind;21
2.1.8;Motivation and motor action;23
2.1.9;Conclusions and future directions;23
2.1.10;Acknowledgments;24
2.1.11;References;24
2.2;3 Body and mind in Euskera: Contrasting dialogic and monologic subjectivities;27
2.2.1;Introduction: Theoretical considerations;27
2.2.2;The concept of self;34
2.2.3;The Basque concept gogo;36
2.2.4;The construal of two common physical sensations: hunger and sleepiness;40
2.2.5;Further evidence of dialogic subjectivity;51
2.2.6;Conclusions;54
2.2.7;References;55
2.3;4 The body in anatomy: Looking at head for the mind-body link in Chinese;61
2.3.1;Introduction;61
2.3.2;A look at head through a lexical scan;63
2.3.3;A look at “head” through a decompositional analysis —;74
2.3.4;Conclusions;78
2.3.5;Acknowledgments;79
2.3.6;References;79
3;Part II: Cognition and perception;83
3.1;5 Perceptual landscapes from the perspective of cultures and genres;85
3.1.1;Introduction;85
3.1.2;Perceptual landscapes in architectural reviews;87
3.1.3;Perceptual landscapes in wine reviews —;100
3.1.4;The perceptual landscapes of architecture and wine in summary;111
3.1.5;Acknowledgments;113
3.1.6;References;113
3.2;6 The power of the senses and the role of culture in metaphor and language;117
3.2.1;Introduction;117
3.2.2;Sense perception and conceptual metaphors in Cognitive Linguistics;118
3.2.3;Some caveats: Motivation, entrenchment, and distribution;122
3.2.4;Conclusions;136
3.2.5;Acknowledgments;137
3.2.6;References;138
3.3;7 Vision and conceptualization in ancient Egyptian art;143
3.3.1;Introduction;143
3.3.2;Principles of ancient Egyptian art;144
3.3.3;Evaluations of the principles of ancient Egyptian art;148
3.3.4;Perspectives from the philosophy of perception;151
3.3.5;The conceptual nature of ancient Egyptian art;158
3.3.6;Mind, body and vision: Remarks by way of conclusion;170
3.3.7;References;172
3.4;8 One man’s cheese is another man’s music: Synaesthesia and the bridging of cultural differences in the language of sensory perception;177
3.4.1;Introduction;177
3.4.2;Arguing with the senses;179
3.4.3;One rat’s cheese is another rat’s fireworks;186
3.4.4;Banquets of innocence and experience;191
3.4.5;Conclusion;197
3.4.6;Acknowledgements;197
3.4.7;References;198
4;Part III: Imagination and (e)motion;201
4.1;9 Embodied emotions in medieval English language and visual arts;203
4.1.1;Introduction;203
4.1.2;Methodology and data;205
4.1.3;The embodiment of fear expressions in Old English;206
4.1.4;The embodiment of fear in the Bayeaux Tapestry;213
4.1.5;Interpreting pictorial signals of fear;221
4.1.6;Results and discussion;222
4.1.7;References;225
4.2;10 Moving across metaphorical space over developmental time;229
4.2.1;Introduction;229
4.2.2;How robust is the structuring of abstracts concepts in terms of spatial motion?;231
4.2.3;How early do children think and talk about abstract concepts in terms of spatial motion?;236
4.2.4;What explains developmental changes in children’s metaphorical abilities?;245
4.2.5;Discussion;251
4.2.6;References;254
4.3;11 Conceptualisations of ruh ‘spirit/soul’ and jesm ‘body’ in Persian: A Sufi perspective;259
4.3.1;Introduction;259
4.3.2;Jesm and ruh in Persian;260
4.3.3;Conceptualizations of the body in Sufism;261
4.3.4;Conceptualizations of the Sufi spiritual path;263
4.3.5;Neoplatonism and Sufism;268
4.3.6;Concluding remarks;270
4.3.7;References;271
4.4;12 Borobudur and Chartres: Religious spaces as performative real-space blends;273
4.4.1;The power of material anchors in performativity;273
4.4.2;Spatial alignment with the universe;279
4.4.3;Structural blends and alignments in the buildings;287
4.4.4;Moving through sacred spaces;290
4.4.5;Conclusions;296
4.4.6;Acknowledgments;297
4.4.7;References;298
4.5;13 Postscript to Sensuous Cognition: The language of the senses;301
4.5.1;References;307
5;Subject Index;309

Über Autor(innen)

Rosario Caballero and Javier E. Díaz-Vera, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain.