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Differential coding of perception in the world’s languages
Abstract: Is there a universal hierarchy of the senses, such that some senses (e.g., vision) are more accessible to consciousness and linguistic description than others (e.g., smell)? The long-standing presumption in Western thought has been that vision and audition are more objective than the other senses, serving as the basis of knowledge and understanding, whereas touch, taste, and smell are crude and of little value. This predicts that humans ought to be better at communicating about sight and hearing than the other senses, and decades of work based on English and related languages certainly suggests this is true. However, how well does this reflect the diversity of languages and communities worldwide? To test whether there is a universal hierarchy of the senses, stimuli from the five basic senses were used to elicit descriptions in 20 diverse languages, including 3 unrelated sign languages. We found that languages differ fundamentally in which sensory domains they linguistically code systematically, and how they do so. The tendency for better coding in some domains can be explained in part by cultural preoccupations. Although languages seem free to elaborate specific sensory domains, some general tendencies emerge: for example, with some exceptions, smell is poorly coded. The surprise is that, despite the gradual phylogenetic accumulation of the senses, and the imbalances in the neural tissue dedicated to them, no single hierarchy of the senses imposes itself upon language.
URL: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/141074/
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1720419115
https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/141074/1/LoP_final.pdf
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Universals and cultural diversity in the expression of gratitude
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Differential coding of perception in the world’s languages
Majid, Asifa; Roberts, Seán G.; Cilissen, Ludy. - : National Academy of Sciences, 2018
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Universals and cultural diversity in the expression of gratitude
Floyd, Simeon; Rossi, Giovanni; Baranova, Julija. - : The Royal Society Publishing, 2018
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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Dependencies in language: On the causal ontology of linguistic systems
Enfield, N. J.; Cristofaro, Sonia; Culbertson, Jennifer. - : Language Science Press, 2017
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