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dc.contributor.authorDevylder, Simon René Charles
dc.contributor.authorBracks, Christoph
dc.contributor.authorShimotori, Misuzu
dc.contributor.authorSiahaan, Poppy
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-26T12:47:16Z
dc.date.available2021-04-26T12:47:16Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-26
dc.description.abstractLooking at the way different linguistic communities speak about a universally shared domain of experience raises questions that are central to the language sciences. How can we compare meaning across languages? What is the interaction between language, thought, and perception? Does linguistic diversity entail linguistic relativism? The literature on the naming systems of the body across languages have addressed these questions with little consensus. In the present study, we contribute to this debate with a comparison of body part terms in French, Indonesian, and Japanese. Using an updated version of the body coloring task, we observed both diversity and cross-linguistically shared patterns. Importantly, we also observed that speakers of languages which violate the wrist/ankle joint boundary rule do not collapse the distinction in thought. This key finding goes against the conflation of language and thought and leads us to conclude that linguistic diversity does not entail linguistic relativism. Methodologically, we advocate for the use of a culturally neutral etic space as a necessary tool in semantic typology. Theoretically, we propose that language is a multilevel phenomenon, which results from the interaction of non-linguistic and cross-culturally shared embodied motivations, context-specific situated language use, and culturally-specific sedimented linguistic conventions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDevylder, Bracks, Shimotori, Siahaan. Carving the body at its joints: Does the way we speak about the body shape the way we think about it?. Language and Cognition. 2020;12(4):577-613en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1824346
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/langcog.2020.13
dc.identifier.issn1866-9808
dc.identifier.issn1866-9859
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/21055
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Press (CUP)en_US
dc.relation.journalLanguage and Cognition
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Linguistics: 010en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Språkvitenskapelige fag: 010en_US
dc.titleCarving the body at its joints: Does the way we speak about the body shape the way we think about it?en_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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