[Lingtyp] Body and soul / body and mind

[Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm]

Dear colleagues,

I’ve got a question from a colleague working in health psychology about the dichotomies such as “body vs. soul”, “body vs. mind” etc, as opposed to “person”, “human being etc.: how spread are these across the cultures and languages of the world? I know that a number of languages lack a dedicated word for ‘body’, but not so much about the distinction between the physical and non-physical aspects of human beings.

I would be grateful for any information / references / pointers.

All the best,
Maria / Masha

Prof. Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm
Dept. of linguistics, Stockholm University
106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
tel.: +46-8-16 26 20
tamm at ling.su.se<mailto:tamm at ling.su.se>
http://www.ling.su.se/tamm





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