Is &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Container&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; a Natural and Embodied Image Schema? A Developmental, Pragmatic, and Cultural Proposal

Alessandroni, Nicolás; Rodríguez, Cintia

doi:10.1159/000478841

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“…The theory of image schemas is widely utilized in various cognitive studies (e.g. Alessandroni, 2017;Dancygier, 2017;Senkbeil, 2017;Martinez et al, 2018;Ioannou 2018;Vernillo, 2019), and it has proved to be of great application potential, even inspiring new research in the area of human-computer interactions (Hurtienne, 2017).…”

Section: Methods Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

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The Container Image Schema as the Conceptual Basis of English Adjectives’ Semantics

Antonova

2020

JLE

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This paper focuses on the cognitive foundation of the semantics of English adjectives that denote mental and moral characteristics of human beings. Research into these adjectives seems a challenging task because they denote abstract qualities that cannot be perceived through vision, hearing, or touch; and here a question arises: How are abstract qualities interpreted in English encoded through adjectives? To answer it, this study follows the idea of two-level semantics, i.e. word semantics is treated as a two-level phenomenon that comprises the semantic (external) level and the conceptual (deep) one. This study is the first to address adjectival semantics from this perspective. Here a novel approach to revealing the cognitive foundation of adjectives is introduced: given that adjectives originated from old syncretic items and a word cognitive model forms at the moment of word creation, cognitive models underlying adjectives' semantics are unearthed via analysis of their etymological data. Our contribution is two-fold. First, the approach has revealed that the image schema CONTAINER guides semantics of an array of various adjectives independent of their morphemic structure or date of origin. The examples demonstrate that abstract human qualities are interpreted via the following container features: boundary, container substance, size, hardness/softness of a container shell, etc. The semantics of affixed or compound adjectives appear to stem from the integration of concepts represented by an affix and a root or two roots, respectively. Second, the findings show that the value given to every container feature appears to predetermine the evaluation conveyed by an adjective. Container features tend to possess ambivalent value, realizing the positive or negative one due to the interaction with a frame in which the CONTAINER is incorporated, therefore the same polysemantic adjective may develop both positive and negative meanings. To reveal the whole inventory of cognitive models that govern adjectival semantics in English, further research needs to be conducted.

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Section: Methods Theoretical Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Container Image Schema as the Conceptual Basis of English Adjectives’ Semantics

Antonova

2020

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“…In short, the presence and creation of Cycladic figurines during an islander's lifetime provided a powerful locus of interaction through which collective attention, activities and conceptual meanings could develop (cf. Alessandroni & Rodríguez 2017). Ultimately, the evidence from the cognitive sciences shows that Cycladic sculpting was ideally suited for generating shared attention and understanding through pragmatic engagements and lifetime learning.…”

Section: The Perception and Semiotics Of Cycladic Bodiesmentioning

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How the Cycladic Islanders Found Their Marbles: Material Engagement, Social Cognition and the Emergence of Keros

Aston¹

2020

CAJ

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This paper utilizes Material Engagement Theory (MET), which examines material culture as a dynamic and integral component of human cognitive systems, in order to explore the relationship between Cycladic marble sculpting and the complex social organization evinced at the sites of Dhaskalio and Kavos on the island of Keros. The article shows how the development of Cycladic sculpting in conjunction with transforming settlement patterns suggests that the figurines emerged as part of a kinshipping dynamic. In this context, evidence from the cognitive sciences reveals how Cycladic figurines were profound attention-capturing technologies which shaped the development of intersubjectivity and collective activity. Cycladic marble provided a medium through which a semiotics of value could be generated, circulated and manipulated across the archipelago. The article argues that marble artefacts formed part of a distributed cognitive system which enabled the regional organization of long-range voyaging regimes centred on Dhaskalio-Kavos. The role of Cycladic sculpture in mediating maritime social interactions is clarified by examining the dynamics of social cognition and the organizational burdens of long-range voyaging culture. The relationship between marble, social interaction and longboat voyaging provides a strong explanation for the development and transformation of Keros as well as for broader chronological developments in the region. Cycladic sculpting traditions mediated the shifting burdens upon social cognition during the Early Bronze Age, facilitating the novel forms of social organization in the central Cyclades as a response to both the pressures and the opportunities of the Aegean world. Keros provides an exemplary case study of material culture's role in extending the boundaries of social cognition in ways that enable social complexity to emerge at new scales.

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“…These mappings are possible thanks to the existence of imageschemas (Johnson, 1987(Johnson, /1990) that allow us to build our experience on the levels of physical and movement perceptions, understand abstract aspects of reality, confer meaning, and guide our reasoning of the world. They are "recurring, dynamic patterns of our perceptual interactions and motor programs" (Johnson, 1987(Johnson, /1990 xiv) that emerge due to our recurrent kinaesthetic experience in the world (for a critical review of imageschemas, see Alessandroni & Rodríguez, 2017). For example, the BALANCE schema emerges from activities such as being moved, swinging oneself, walking without falling, and dancing, by a process of conflation and abstraction of experience, images, and perceptions related to activities that involve two opposing forces (see Figure 1).…”

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Varieties of embodiment in cognitive science

Alessandroni

2017

Theory & Psychology

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This article presents an epistemological multilevel analysis of the embodied cognition studies' programme. It is proposed that within the cognitive-embodied type it is possible to find at least four distinct hypotheses regarding the role of the body in human cognition: (a) body-inaction hypothesis, (b) extended body hypothesis, (c) ecological body hypothesis, and (d) body-as-a-physicaldatum hypothesis. The foundations of these hypotheses and some philosophical debates underlying embodiment are discussed in-depth. After briefly addressing the key contributions of social embodied theories, the article presents a hierarchical model that allows for the analysis of the epistemological consequences derived from each embodiment conception. Finally, a prospective epistemological criticism is introduced to provide a comprehensive and contemporary overview of the issue.

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Is <b><i>Container</i></b> a Natural and Embodied Image Schema? A Developmental, Pragmatic, and Cultural Proposal

Cited by 13 publications

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The Container Image Schema as the Conceptual Basis of English Adjectives’ Semantics

The Container Image Schema as the Conceptual Basis of English Adjectives’ Semantics

How the Cycladic Islanders Found Their Marbles: Material Engagement, Social Cognition and the Emergence of Keros

Varieties of embodiment in cognitive science

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