ATLAS OF LANGUAGE

AT-PHI-W0312 · ATLAS 251

Embodiment

The view that cognition and meaning are shaped by bodily capacities, actions, sensations, and situated experience.

Explanation

The view that cognition and meaning are shaped by bodily capacities, actions, sensations, and situated experience. It reconnects abstract thought with posture, movement, perception, and material engagement.

Example

The concept becomes visible in use and can be followed as a movement of interpretation.

Counterexample

Embodiment does not reduce every meaning to a single bodily cause.

Distinction

Embodiment does not reduce every meaning to a single bodily cause.

Effect on thought and perception

It reconnects abstract thought with posture, movement, perception, and material engagement.

Resonance

It reconnects abstract thought with posture, movement, perception, and material engagement.

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Reich, Michael (Hrsg./ed.): „Embodiment“. Atlas der Sprache, AT-PHI-W0312. ATLAS 251, data model 1.6.0. https://atlasoflanguage.com/concept/AT-PHI-W0312

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