Demonstratives in Spatial Language and Social Interaction: An Interdisciplinary Review
This paper offers a review of research on demonstratives from an interdisciplinary perspective. In particular, we consider the role of demonstratives in current research on language universals, language evolution, language acquisition, multimodal communication, signed language, language and percepti...
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| description | This paper offers a review of research on demonstratives from an interdisciplinary perspective. In particular, we consider the role of demonstratives in current research on language universals, language evolution, language acquisition, multimodal communication, signed language, language and perception, language in interaction, spatial imagery, and discourse processing. Traditionally, demonstratives are analyzed as a particular class of spatial deictics. Yet, a number of recent studies have argued that space is largely irrelevant to deixis and that demonstratives are primarily used for social and interactive purposes. Synthesizing findings in the literature, we conclude that demonstratives are a very special class of linguistic items that are foundational to both spatial and social aspects of language and cognition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-709087c10bd646ea9bf7784efc6b42a12022-12-21T18:14:30ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-11-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.555265555265Demonstratives in Spatial Language and Social Interaction: An Interdisciplinary ReviewHolger Diessel0Kenny R. Coventry1Department of English, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, GermanySchool of Psychology, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United KingdomThis paper offers a review of research on demonstratives from an interdisciplinary perspective. In particular, we consider the role of demonstratives in current research on language universals, language evolution, language acquisition, multimodal communication, signed language, language and perception, language in interaction, spatial imagery, and discourse processing. Traditionally, demonstratives are analyzed as a particular class of spatial deictics. Yet, a number of recent studies have argued that space is largely irrelevant to deixis and that demonstratives are primarily used for social and interactive purposes. Synthesizing findings in the literature, we conclude that demonstratives are a very special class of linguistic items that are foundational to both spatial and social aspects of language and cognition.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.555265/fulldemonstrativedeixisjoint attentionperipersonal action spacelanguage acquisitionlanguage universals |
| spellingShingle | Holger Diessel Kenny R. Coventry Demonstratives in Spatial Language and Social Interaction: An Interdisciplinary Review Frontiers in Psychology demonstrative deixis joint attention peripersonal action space language acquisition language universals |
| title | Demonstratives in Spatial Language and Social Interaction: An Interdisciplinary Review |
| title_full | Demonstratives in Spatial Language and Social Interaction: An Interdisciplinary Review |
| title_fullStr | Demonstratives in Spatial Language and Social Interaction: An Interdisciplinary Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Demonstratives in Spatial Language and Social Interaction: An Interdisciplinary Review |
| title_short | Demonstratives in Spatial Language and Social Interaction: An Interdisciplinary Review |
| title_sort | demonstratives in spatial language and social interaction an interdisciplinary review |
| topic | demonstrative deixis joint attention peripersonal action space language acquisition language universals |
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