Sensory Experiences: Exploring meaning and the senses

Nov 8, 2021·
Danièle Dubois
,
Caroline Cance
Matt Coler
Matt Coler
,
Arthur Paté
,
Catherine Guastavino
· 1 min read
Abstract
Sensory Experiences: Exploring meaning and the senses describes the collective elaboration of a situated cognitive approach with an emphasis on the relations between language and cognition within and across different sensory modalities and practices. This approach, grounded in 40 years of empirical research, is a departure from the analytic, reductive view of human experiences as information processing. The book is structured into two parts. Each author first introduces the situated cognitive approach from their respective sensory domains (vision, audition, olfaction, gustation). The second part is the collective effort to derive methodological guidelines respecting the ecological validity of experimental investigations while formulating operational answers to applied questions (such as the sensory quality of environments and product design). This book will be of interest to students, researchers and practitioners dealing with sensory experiences and anyone who wants to understand and celebrate the cultural diversity of human productions that make life enjoyable!
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John Benjamins Publishing Company

Sensory Experiences: Exploring meaning and the senses is a comprehensive volume that presents an integrated, revolutionary perspective on the five senses from psychological and linguistic perspectives. The book represents the culmination of decades of collaborative research on sensory perception and meaning-making across different modalities.

This work is structured in two major parts:

  1. Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Results: Introducing situated cognitive approaches to various sensory domains including vision, audition, olfaction, and gustation
  2. Methodological Consequences and Guidelines: Providing practical research frameworks that respect ecological validity while addressing applied questions

The book has been recognized for its significant contribution to the understanding of sensory domains and their linguistic expressions. As noted in a review on Linguist List: “The significance of ‘Sensory Experiences’ is undeniable for the further explorations of sensory domains, their linguistic verbalizations, and the psychological processes involved.”

[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, 24]

Sensory Experiences Cognitive Linguistics Research Methodology Situated Cognition
Matt Coler
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Matt Coler
Associate Professor of Speech Technology