Perception and Cognition in Language and Culture / edited By Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and Anne Storch.

• TeilnehmendeR: Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I͡U.; Storch, Anne.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; 1 Linguistic Expression of Perception and Cognition: A Typological Glimpse /; 2 Knowing, Smelling and Telling Tales in Luwo /; 3 Source of Information and Unexpected Information in !Xun—Evidential, Mirative and Counterexpectation Markers /; 4 A Quechuan Mirative? /; 5 Seeing, Hearing and Thinking in Korowai, a Language of West Papua /; 6 Perception and Cognition in Manambu, a Papuan Language from New Guinea /; 7 From Body to Knowledge: Perception and Cognition in Khwe-||Ani and Ts'ixa /; 8 Perception Verbs and Their Semantics in Dongolawi (Nile Nubian) /; 9 Excite Your Senses: Glances into the Field of Perception and Cognition in Tima /; 10 Perception in Lussese (Bantu, J 10) /; Index of Authors --; Language Index --; Subject Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• ISBN: 1299104886; 9004210121
• ISSN: 1879-5412
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited By Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and Anne Storch.

Every language has a way of talking about seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching. In about a quarter of the world's languages, grammatical evidentials express means of perception. In some languages verbs of vision subsume cognitive meanings. In others, cognition is associated with a verb of auditory perception, touch, or smell. 'Vision' is not the universally preferred means of perception. In numerous cultures, taboos are associated with forbidden visual experience. Vision may be considered intrusive and aggressive, and linked with power. In contrast, 'hearing' and 'listening' are the main avenues for learning, understanding and 'knowing'. The studies presented in this book set out to explore how these meanings and concepts are expressed in languages of Africa, Oceania, and South America.