[Lingtyp] Body and soul / body and mind

[Mark Donohue]

Dear all,

Many languages from around Indonesia seem to have a three-way contrast in
the conceptualisation of what makes a human:

* body
* centre-of-cognition
* centre-of-feeling/emotion

The centre of feeling is typically the liver; the centre-of-cognition is
typically not the liver, but I haven't seen strong evidence for a
generalisation about where different cultures place; it depends on the
language.

-Mark

On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 at 02:27, Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm via Lingtyp <
lingtyp at listserv.linguistlist.org> wrote:

> 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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