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Every language has a way of talking about seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching. In about a quarter of the world's languages, grammatical evidentials express means of perception. In some languages verbs of vision subsume cognitive meanings. In others, cognition is associated with a verb of auditory perception, touch, or smell. 'Vision' is not the universally preferred means of perception. In numerous cultures, taboos are associated with forbidden visual experience. Vision may be consid

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Alexandra Y Aikhenvald; Anne Storch
Publisher
Koninklijke Brill N.V.
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9789004210127
Category
language
Subjects
Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Linguistics
Updated
2026-03-25

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