Spatial referencing across languages: Cultural preferences and cognitive implications

跨语言的空间参考：文化偏好和认知影响

• 批准号: 235133092
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Karl Christoph Klauer, since 10/2013
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Abteilung Sozialpsychologie und Methodenlehre
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2012-12-31 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/235133092?language=en
• 关键词: Spatial; referencing; across; languages; Cultural

Languages differ with regard to which frames of reference (FoR) they provide for describing spatial constellations, and to which of these are preferentially used. Whether these differences affect other cognitive processes is subject to controversial debate. This is partly due to the fact that the basic FoRs focussed so far are alternatively available in most languages. In this project, we intend to compare two variants (reflexive and translational), which are mutually exclusive and therefore allow for straightforward predictions. The project pursues three main goals: to investigate (1) factors of intra- and intercultural variability in reference preferences, (2) implications of these preferences for attention, representation and evaluation of the referenced objects, and (3) metaphoric extension of spatial preferences to the domain of time. Methods include field-studies, cross-linguistic experiments and multinomial modelling. Altogether five languages (German, US-English, Swedish, Tongan, and Chinese) will be included in this comparison as they differ in critical aspects regarding spatial and/or temporal references.

语言的不同在于它们提供了描述空间星座的参照系，以及优先使用其中的哪些参照系。这些差异是否会影响其他认知过程仍存在争议。这在一定程度上是因为到目前为止所关注的基本Fors在大多数语言中都是可供选择的。在这个项目中，我们打算比较两种变体(反身式和平移式)，这两种变体是相互排斥的，因此允许直接预测。该项目追求三个主要目标：(1)参照偏好的文化内和跨文化差异因素，(2)这些偏好对被参照对象的注意、表征和评价的影响，以及(3)空间偏好向时间域的隐喻延伸。研究方法包括实地考察、跨语言实验和多项式模型。共有五种语言(德语、美英、瑞典语、汤加语和汉语)将被纳入这次比较，因为它们在空间和/或时间参考方面的关键方面不同。

项目成果

Perspective taking in referring to objects behind versus in front of an observer: Frames of reference, intraindividual consistency, and response latencies

• DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2015.1083593
• 发表时间: 2016-07-02
• 期刊: QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
• 影响因子: 1.7
• 作者: Beller, Sieghard;Bohlen, Judith;Bender, Andrea
• 通讯作者: Bender, Andrea