Embodied cognition

Abstract Recent work has shown that ASL (American Sign Language) signers not only articulate the language in space front of and around them, they interact with bodily, such those interactions are frequently viewpointed. At a basic level, use their bodies to depict actions characters, either themselves or others, narrative retelling. These viewpointed instances seem reflect “embodied cognition”, our construal reality is largely due nature ( Evans Green, 2006 ) language” symbols we communicate “grounded recurring patterns bodily experience” Gibbs, 2017 : 450). But what about speakers spoken as English? While know meaning structure for any language, whether signed, affect affected by embodied mind (note bulk research on been spoken, language), can learn much cognition when languages treated multimodal. Here, compare signed multimodal English discourse examine two incorporate similar different ways.