A5053647118- Categorization, perception, and language
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Spatial Cognition and Navigation
- linguistics and terminology studies
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization
- Language and cultural evolution
- AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Color perception and design
- Teaching and Learning Programming
- Data Management and Algorithms
- Translation Studies and Practices
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
2012-2023
Abstract What factors influence the ways in which people resolve ambiguity? In English, two contrasting perspectives are implicit deictic temporal expressions: Moving Time metaphor conceptualizes time as moving forward towards ego and Ego future (Clark 1973). We examine ambiguity arising from these conceptualizations, claimed to be equally likely a “neutral” context (Boroditsky Ramscar 2002). Whereas previous studies have demonstrated that exposure spatial situation related one...
Abstract In English, two deictic space‐time metaphors are in common usage: the Moving Ego metaphor conceptualizes ego as moving forward through time and Time toward (Clark, 1973). Although earlier research investigating psychological reality of these has typically examined spatial influences on temporal reasoning (e.g., Boroditsky & Ramscar, 2002), recent lines have extended beyond this, providing initial evidence that personality differences emotional experiences may also influence how...
What aspects of spatial relations influence speakers' choice locative? This article presents a study static descriptions from 24 languages. The reveals two kinds terms evident cross-linguistically: specific and general (GSTs). Whereas terms-including English prepositions-occur in limited range situations, with concomitant specificity their meaning, GSTs occur all (in languages that employ them). Because the extreme differences application, are considered separately. A multidimensional...
Abstract What factors influence our understanding of metaphoric statements about time? By examining the interpretation one such statement – namely, Next Wednesday’s meeting has been moved forward by two days earlier research demonstrated that people may draw on spatial perspectives, involving multiple spatially based temporal reference strategies, to interpret time (e.g. Boroditsky 2000; Kranjec 2006; McGlone and Harding 1998; Núñez et al. 2006). However, what is still missing an role...
ABSTRACT The Moving Ego and Time metaphors have provided a fertile testing ground for the psychological reality of space–time metaphors. Despite this, little research has targeted linguistic patterns used in these two mappings. To fill that gap, current study uses corpus data to examine use motion verbs typologically different languages, English Spanish. We first investigated relative frequency Whereas we observed no difference Spanish data, our findings indicated English, expressions are...
abstract In English, the Moving Ego metaphor conceptualizes ego as moving forward through time and Time construes toward ego. Recent research has provided evidence that people’s metaphorical perspectives on deictic may be influenced by experiences—both spatial non-spatial—that are connected to approach motivations (Moving Ego) avoidance Time). We extend this further, asking whether there differences in preferred temporal perspective between those who exhibit higher lower degrees of power,...
Inspired by Talmy`s (1985, 2000) seminal work on the lexicalization of motion events, linguistic encoding elements events has been an active area research. Recently, Slobin (2003, 2004, 2006) refined typology, pointing out differential salience manner across languages. Among potential cognitive consequences this manner, (2003) postulates that might be more memorable for speakers high-manner-salient languages than low-manner-salient In paper, we take up suggestion, asking whether English and...
It has been long noted that Spanish does not license the use of manner verbs when describing telic motion events, particularly they involve boundary crossing (Aske, 1989; Slobin & Hoiting, 1994). The only exception to this constraint seems be punctual acts, especially vertical situations, such as tirarse a la piscina (lit. ‘throw oneself into pool’) (Naigles et al., 1998). (2004, 2006) pointed out low salience in Spanish; verb lexicon is extensive and frequently used high salient languages...
Abstract Do speakers think about the world differently depending on language they speak? In recent years, this question has generated substantial interest in cognitive sciences, driven part by Talmy's (1985; 2000) observations regarding typology of motion descriptions. However, a flurry research (CIFUENTES-FEREZ; GENTNER, 2006; GENNARI et al., 2002; NAIGLES; TERRAZAS, 1998; PAPAFRAGOU; HULBERT; TRUESWELL, 2008; among others) produced mixed results, leaving us no closer to understanding role...
With the introduction of Talmy’s (1985; 2000) typology for linguistic encoding motion events, domain event cognition has emerged as particularly tractable empirical examination relativity. The current paper contributes to this literature, focusing on differential one aspect a – manner and potential cognitive differences related its encoding. When describing speakers satellite-framed languages, such English, have been found be more likely encode information than are verb-framed Spanish...