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"Do You See and Hear More? A Study on Telugu Perception Verbs"
P Phani Krishna1, S Arulmozi2, Ramesh Kumar Mishra3
1Centre for Neural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India. phanikrishna1992@gmail.com.
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
|January 7, 2022
Summary
This study analyzed Telugu perception verbs, finding vision and hearing verbs are most frequent in daily communication. This contrasts with other senses, offering insights into cognitive linguistics.
Area of Science:
- Linguistics
- Cognitive Science
- Psycholinguistics
Background:
- Lexicon in languages is conceptually-oriented and vital for communication.
- Verbs of perception describe sensory experiences.
- Previous research highlights the importance of perception verbs across languages.
Purpose of the Study:
- To determine the frequency of perception verbs across the five senses in Telugu.
- To compare Telugu perception verb usage with other languages.
- To explore insights into the cognitive linguistics paradigm through Telugu perception verbs.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of a Telugu corpus.
- Utilizing a self-rating task.
- Comparative analysis with English and other language corpora.
Main Results:
- Vision and hearing verbs exhibit higher frequencies in Telugu compared to smell, taste, and touch.
- Telugu perception verb usage shows greater lexical differentiation than previously studied languages.
- Vision and hearing are consistently key senses in perception verbs across languages.
Conclusions:
- Telugu speakers predominantly use vision and hearing verbs in everyday communication.
- Cross-linguistic variations in perception verb usage may stem from corpus sampling and methodological differences.
- The study of Telugu perception verbs provides valuable data for cognitive linguistics.
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