没有语言变化的认知变化:自我中心的参考框架的兴起
Yağmur Deniz Kısa1, Roman Stengelin1, Luke Maurits1
1Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
Cognition
|March 13, 2026
概括
人类的空间思维正在向自我中心的框架转移,但语言仍然是地球中心的. 哈伊达达达达萨罗姆社区的这种认知转变表明物质文化,而不是语言,驱动着空间认知的多样性.
科学领域:
- 认知科学 认知科学
- 语言学的语言学.
- 人类学是人类学.
背景情况:
- 人类文化表现出多样化的空间思维,使用自我中心 (与身体相对) 或地球中心 (与环境相对) 的参考框架.
- 空间表征中的这种认知多样性的起源尚未得到充分理解.
研究的目的:
- 在空间参考框架中调查认知多样性的起源.
- 为了检查纳米比亚海水社区的空间思维和语言正在进行的转变.
主要方法:
- 来自海水人社区的当代和历史数据的比较分析.
- 在认知和语言中评估空间参考框架.
主要成果:
- 与历史数据相比,当代个人更倾向于以自我为中心的参考框架,这表明认知转变.
- 在语言使用中没有观察到相应的转变,这挑战了纯粹的沃尔夫解释.
- 材料文化被认为是空间思想多样性的重要驱动力.
结论:
- 空间认知可以独立于语言的转移,这表明Whorfian假设本身是不够的.
- 材料文化在塑造空间参考框架中的认知多样性方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
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