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Where are the sounds (coming from)? Spatiality of sound perception in our experience and in language| title | Where are the sounds (coming from)? Spatiality of sound perception in our experience and in language |
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| start_date | 2024/12/05 |
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| schedule | 14h-15h30 |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | salle Ennat Léger & on line |
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| details | Séminaire COVALI |
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| summary | In this COVALI workshop, we will be interested in the spatiality of sound, as it is discussed by philosophers and cognitivists and as it is reflected in languages (according to a limited data sample).
First, we are going to focus on three major theories of how humans experience sound location: (i) as entities located with the sound source (distal theory); (ii) as entities moving through the medium (e.g. air; medial theory); (iii) as entities located with the experiencer, i.e. where their auditory organs are (proximal theory).
In the second part of the seminar, I will present some linguistic data collected from contemporary fiction. This pilot corpus contains tokens that refer to auditory experiences, particularly to those that are anchored spatially (e.g. I heard a cry downstairs or A rattling sound was coming from the garden). The idea is to see (i) whether the theories of spatial hearing discussed above can be matched onto the linguistic data; (ii) if yes, what are the most frequent conceptualizations; (iii) whether there are inter-linguistic differences in preference of different conceptualizations; (iv) how could one account for the intra-linguistic variation. The seminar is organised, inter alia, to help the author on the initial stage of the project and to promote discussion on this under-explored topic. |
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| responsibles | Coupé |
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| submitted | published | | 2024/11/28 14:02 UTC |
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