"Hear" as "understand"

[Nino Amiridze]

Dear colleagues,

I am very grateful for your answers to my question about the use of "hear"
as a comprehension verb and for the discussion.

I am looking at the examples that you gave and will check the languages you
named.

I will reply to the colleagues individually who asked me about Georgian.

With great appreciation,
Nino

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From: Nino Amiridze <nino.amiridze at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 8:37 PM
Subject: "Hear" as "understand"
To: LINGTYP at listserv.linguistlist.org, funknet at mailman.rice.edu


Dear colleagues,

I was wondering whether you could help me in finding languages that
use the verb 'hear' for 'understand', just like English uses 'see' for
the same purpose (I see (=I understand)).

I would be grateful if you could give data and/or references, if there
are investigations on the use of the 'see' vs. 'hear' verbs in
figurative language.

Thank you very much.

Best regards,
Nino Amiridze
http://www.hum.uu.nl/medewerkers/n.amiridze/