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- Zlatev, Jordan, et al.
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Embodiment, language and mimesis
- 2007
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Ingår i: Body, Language, Mind. Vol 1: Embodiment. - 1861-4132. ; , s. 297-337
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The present focus on embodiment in cognitive science undervalues concepts such as convention/norm, representation and consciousness. I argue that these concepts constitute essential properties of language, and this makes it problematic for “embodiment theories” to account for human language and cognition. These difficulties are illustrated by examining a particular, highly influential approach to embodied cognition, that of Lakoff and Johnson (1999), and exposing the problematic character of the notion of the “cognitive unconscious”. To attempt a reconciliation between embodiment and language, I turn to the concept of (bodily) mimesis, and propose the notion of mimetic schema as a mediator between the individual human body and collective language.
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- Zlatev, Jordan, et al.
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Introduction : Cognitive semiotics comes of age
- 2016
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Ingår i: Meaning, Mind and Communication : Explorations in Cognitive Semiotics - Explorations in Cognitive Semiotics. - 9783653049480 - 9783631657041 ; , s. 9-28
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- Zlatev, Jordan, et al.
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Motion, Emotion and Mind Science
- 2012
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Ingår i: Moving Ourselves, Moving Others: Motion and Emotion in Intersubjectivity, Consciousness and Language. - 978 90 272 4156 6 ; , s. 1-28
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Zlatev, Jordan, et al.
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Stages and transitions in children’s semiotic development
- 2009
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Ingår i: Studies in Language and Cognition. ; , s. 380-401
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Stage models were prevalent in developmental psychology in the past, but have recently been subjected to much criticism. We propose “rehabilitation”, defining semiotic stage as a (not necessarily stable) period characterized by the clear establishment of a novel semiotic capacity, which may “dominate” the communication of the child at this stage, but does not replace capacities from previous stages. This is spelled out by adopting one particular model of semiotic development – the Mimesis Hierarchy (Zlatev 2008a, 2008b) – and presenting comparative and developmental data from 6 children in Sweden and Thailand, between 18 and 27 months of age, analyzing their acts of bodily communication (ABCs) in relation to their emerging linguistic capacities. The results show evidence for a transition around 20 months, when children display the use of (stable) signs, shared with their community, in both the linguistic and gestural modalities, but do not yet systematically combine them. Only towards the end of the period under study does this begin to occur on a more routine basis. Implications are drawn for the continuous debate “insight” vs. gradual development in ontogeny, suggesting a compromise.
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- Zlatev, Jordan, et al.
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The coevolution of intersubjectivity and bodily mimesis
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Ingår i: The Shared Mind: Perspectives on Intersubjectivity. - Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company. - 1566-7774. - 9789027239006 - 9789027239068 - 9789027291011 ; 12, s. 215-244
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- Smith, Viktor, et al.
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Unpacking noun-noun compounds : interpreting novel and conventional food names in isolation and on food labels
- 2014
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Ingår i: Cognitive Linguistics. - : Walter de Gruyter GmbH. - 1613-3641 .- 0936-5907. ; 25:1, s. 99-147
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In two complementary experiments we took an integrated approach to a set of tightly interwoven, yet rarely combined questions concerning the spontaneous interpretation of novel (unfamiliar) noun-noun compounds (NNCs) when encountered in isolation, and possible (re) interpretations of novel as well as conventional (familiar) NNCs when encountered in verbo-visual context. To enhance ecological validity, we mirrored our research questions in real-life concerns on the naming of commercial food products and the risk of consumers being misled by the names that producers give to them, focusing on the Danish food market and using Danish NNCs. Specifically, we addressed a highly productive type of compound food names where the modifier denotes a geographical entity and the head denotes a type of food, e. g. Hawaii pizza. Our findings contribute new evidence to central issues of (cognitive) linguistic theory concerning the relations between semantics and pragmatics, as well as system and usage, and psycholinguistic issues concerning the processing of NNCs. New insights and methodological tools are also provided for supporting future best practices in the field of food naming and labelling.
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- Zlatev, Jordan, et al.
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From body to mouth (and body)
- 2010
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Ingår i: Evolution Of Language, Proceedings. - 9789814295215 ; , s. 527-528
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- Zlatev, Jordan, et al.
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Motion event descriptions in Swedish, French, Thai and Telugu: a study in post-Talmian motion event typology
- 2021
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Ingår i: Acta Linguistica Hafniensia. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0374-0463 .- 1949-0763. ; 53:1, s. 58-90
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Motion-event typology has moved into a “post-Talmian” terrain of approaches focusing on an open-ended number of patterns across languages and constructions. Following a proposal to distinguish between four typological clusters, we systematically compared the motion event descriptions in four languages suggested to exemplify these clusters: Swedish, French, Thai and Telugu, with the help of an elicitation-based study. 20 adult native speakers of each language were asked to describe 52 motion events, 38 of which were translocative. The stimuli varied with respect to the parameters caused/uncaused, bounded/unbounded motion as well as the viewpoint from which they were filmed. The descriptions were analyzed following Holistic Spatial Semantics and compared with respect to the categories Path, Direction, Region, Landmark, Manner and Cause, as well as the means of expressing these. The four languages patterned differently in significant ways. In terms of Path expression, French lagged behind the other languages, but with respect to Direction, it patterned together with Swedish. We demonstrate a number of such criss-crossing patterns, showing that there is no way to group the languages, thus implying at least four distinct typological prototypes. Further, we show that different kinds of motion situations, corresponding to different constructions, need to be compared separately. © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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