[Lingtyp] Body and soul / body and mind

[Guillaume Jacques]

Dear Masha,

In Sino-Tibetan languages, there is surprisingly a cognate set for "soul",
exemplified by Japhug *tɯ-rla*, Tibetan *bla*, Jinghpo *nùmlā* etc  (see
other cognates in STEDT Etymon #2264 (berkeley.edu)
<https://stedt.berkeley.edu/~stedt-cgi/rootcanal.pl/etymon/2264>). Words
translatable by "mind" or "body" vary a lot, but in Tibetan cultural areas
they tend to be borrowed from Tibetan (Japhug *tɯ-sɯm* "mind", *tɯ-phoŋbu *from
Tibetan *sems* "mind", *phuŋ.po* "heap, body"), and in Tibetan they have
acquired meanings calqued from Sanskrit *manas*- and *skandha*-,
respectively.

Guillaume



Le lun. 4 mars 2024 à 16:27, Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm via Lingtyp <
lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> a écrit :

> 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
> http://www.ling.su.se/tamm
>
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Guillaume Jacques

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