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Schematic Embodiment of Perseverance in Persian
Omid Khatin-Zadeh1, Jiehui Hu2, Zahra Eskandari1
1School of Foreign Languages, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
|February 10, 2024
Summary
Perseverance is embodied through specific gestures, including upward head and forward hand/leg movements. These gestures form a coordinated pattern, demonstrating schematic embodiment of the concept.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Linguistics
- Psychology
Background:
- The concept of perseverance is abstract and its cognitive representation is not fully understood.
- Embodied cognition suggests abstract concepts are grounded in bodily experiences and sensorimotor processes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the gestural embodiment of the abstract concept of perseverance in Persian speakers.
- To identify specific gestures and patterns associated with the expression of perseverance.
Main Methods:
- Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Persian speakers discussing perseverance.
- Participant gestures during discussions were systematically analyzed for patterns and co-occurrence.
Main Results:
- Perseverance was primarily embodied in upward head, fist-shaped hand, forward hand, and forward leg gestures.
- These four gesture types frequently occurred together, forming a coordinated pattern termed 'gestural scheme'.
- This indicates that the embodiment of perseverance can be distributed across multiple body parts and gestures.
Conclusions:
- The study introduces 'schematic embodiment' to describe how abstract concepts are represented by coordinated gestural schemes.
- The findings support the theory of embodied cognition by demonstrating a consistent gestural representation for perseverance.
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