Sharing Perceptual Experiences through Language
Caballero, Rosario LU and Paradis, Carita LU
(2023)
In Journal of Intelligence
11(7).
- Abstract
The aim of this article is to shed light on how sensory perceptions are communicated through authentic language. What are the language resources available to match multimodal perceptions, and how do we use them in real communication? We discuss insights from previous work on the topic of the interaction of perception, cognition, and language and explain how language users recontextualise perception in communication about sensory experiences. Within the framework of cognitive semantics, we show that the complexities of multimodal perception are clearly reflected in the multifunctional use of words to convey meanings and feelings. To showcase the language resources employed, we base our findings on research on how architects convey their... (More)
The aim of this article is to shed light on how sensory perceptions are communicated through authentic language. What are the language resources available to match multimodal perceptions, and how do we use them in real communication? We discuss insights from previous work on the topic of the interaction of perception, cognition, and language and explain how language users recontextualise perception in communication about sensory experiences. Within the framework of cognitive semantics, we show that the complexities of multimodal perception are clearly reflected in the multifunctional use of words to convey meanings and feelings. To showcase the language resources employed, we base our findings on research on how architects convey their perceptions of built space. Two main patterns emerge: they use multimodal expressions (
(Less)
soft,
bland, and
jarring) and descriptions of built space through motion (
the building reaches out, or routes and directions such as
destination,
promenade,
route, or
landscape in combination with verbs such as
start and
lead) in which case the architect may either be the observer or the emerged actor. The important take-home message is that there is no neat and clear a priori link between words and meanings, but rather "unforeseen" patterns surface in natural production data describing sensory perceptions.
- author
- Caballero, Rosario
LU
and Paradis, Carita
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-06-26
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Architecture, built space, vision, hearing, smell, touch, taste, motion
- in
- Journal of Intelligence
- volume
- 11
- issue
- 7
- article number
- 129
- pages
- 17 pages
- publisher
- MDPI AG
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85166402631
- pmid:37504772
- pmid:37504772
- ISSN
- 2079-3200
- DOI
- 10.3390/jintelligence11070129
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- a2045f28-d2ac-4db9-9c14-f18d53385cb1
- date added to LUP
- 2023-06-26 18:54:31
- date last changed
- 2024-04-19 23:06:35
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soft, <br>
bland, and <br>
jarring) and descriptions of built space through motion (<br>
the building reaches out, or routes and directions such as <br>
destination, <br>
promenade, <br>
route, or <br>
landscape in combination with verbs such as <br>
start and <br>
lead) in which case the architect may either be the observer or the emerged actor. The important take-home message is that there is no neat and clear a priori link between words and meanings, but rather "unforeseen" patterns surface in natural production data describing sensory perceptions.<br>
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