Linguistics and Languages

Entity, event, and sensory modalities: An onto-cognitive account of sensory nouns

Y. Zhong, K. Ahrens, et al.

This exciting study by Yin Zhong, Kathleen Ahrens, and Chu-Ren Huang delves into the intricate world of sensory nouns in Mandarin Chinese. Uncover the cognitive foundations that tie our language to sensory perception and experience, revealing the underlying structures that govern grammatical categories. Discover how our understanding of the physical world shapes the way we communicate!

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Abstract

This study presents a comprehensive investigation of sensory nouns in Mandarin Chinese, examining their qualia structures formalized in Generative Lexicon Theory and their time-dependent properties encoded in sensory modalities. It aims to explain the cognitive foundation of grammatical categories by exploring the correlation between the physical world and sensory concepts, providing insights into the interactions between perception, cognition, and language, and establishing the cognitive motivation for the noun-verb bifurcation without a priori knowledge of grammatical categories.

Publisher

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications

Published On

May 22, 2023

Authors

Yin Zhong, Kathleen Ahrens, Chu-Ren Huang

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