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Implications of the “Language as Situated” View for Written Iconicity
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In: J Cogn (2021)
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Supplementary material from "Communicating abstract meaning: concepts revealed in words and gestures" ...
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Abstract words refer to concepts that cannot be directly experienced through our senses (e.g. truth , morality ). How we ground the meanings of abstract words is one of the deepest problems in cognitive science today. We investigated this question in an experiment in which 62 participants were asked to communicate the meanings of words (20 abstract nouns, e.g. impulse ; 10 concrete nouns, e.g. insect ) to a partner without using the words themselves (the taboo task). We analysed the speech and associated gestures that participants used to communicate the meaning of each word in the taboo task. Analysis of verbal and gestural data yielded a number of insights. When communicating about the meanings of abstract words, participants' speech referenced more people and introspections. In contrast, the meanings of concrete words were communicated by referencing more objects and entities. Gesture results showed that when participants spoke about abstract word meanings their speech was accompanied by more metaphorical ...
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170299 Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified; FOS Psychology
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URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4088600.v1 https://figshare.com/collections/Supplementary_material_from_Communicating_abstract_meaning_concepts_revealed_in_words_and_gestures_/4088600/1
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Is Moving More Memorable than Proving? Effects of Embodiment and Imagined Enactment on Verb Memory
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What’s in a Name? Sound Symbolism and Gender in First Names
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Priming Boubas and Kikis: Searching For a Sound Symbolic Priming Effect ...
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