THE LANGUAGE OF THE “SECRET SENSE”: ON THE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF PROPRIOCEPTION

The paper considers the possibility of linguistic research into proprioception – the perception of the body boundaries, its position, balance and movement in space. The study of proprioception is presented as part of the general paradigm of Sensory Linguistics and is regarded as one of its main pri...

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Main Author: Alexandra V. Nagornaya
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Language:English
Published: Volgograd State University 2024-12-01
Series:Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie
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description The paper considers the possibility of linguistic research into proprioception – the perception of the body boundaries, its position, balance and movement in space. The study of proprioception is presented as part of the general paradigm of Sensory Linguistics and is regarded as one of its main priorities. Starting from the classical definition of proprioception as a “secret sense” proposed by Ch. Sherrington, the author identifies the factors that impede its cognitive processing, verbalization and scientific analysis. The paper describes the phenomenological properties of proprioception as a pre-reflexive bodily experience, substantiates the need for its differentiation from interoception, demonstrates its role in the formation of subjective experience, analyzes different approaches to its definition within natural sciences and arts. It further looks into the inner form of the term “proprioception” to reveal a link between this type of sensory experience, the formation of identity and the normal mode of human functioning as an integral bodily and spiritual being. The paper proposes a few lines of linguistic research into proprioception. Among them are the inventory of proprioceptive terminology, the analysis of semantic features and functions of perceptonyms, research into metaphor as the key means of conceptualizing proprioceptive experience, and the study of syntactic structures used in verbalizing proprioceptive sensations.
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spelling doaj-art-3375c7188c8e494e96931c7497a1dbbd2025-01-19T18:38:46ZengVolgograd State UniversityVestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie1998-99112409-19792024-12-0123621923110.15688/jvolsu2.2024.6.16THE LANGUAGE OF THE “SECRET SENSE”: ON THE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF PROPRIOCEPTIONAlexandra V. Nagornaya0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6821-0835HSE University, Moscow, RussiaThe paper considers the possibility of linguistic research into proprioception – the perception of the body boundaries, its position, balance and movement in space. The study of proprioception is presented as part of the general paradigm of Sensory Linguistics and is regarded as one of its main priorities. Starting from the classical definition of proprioception as a “secret sense” proposed by Ch. Sherrington, the author identifies the factors that impede its cognitive processing, verbalization and scientific analysis. The paper describes the phenomenological properties of proprioception as a pre-reflexive bodily experience, substantiates the need for its differentiation from interoception, demonstrates its role in the formation of subjective experience, analyzes different approaches to its definition within natural sciences and arts. It further looks into the inner form of the term “proprioception” to reveal a link between this type of sensory experience, the formation of identity and the normal mode of human functioning as an integral bodily and spiritual being. The paper proposes a few lines of linguistic research into proprioception. Among them are the inventory of proprioceptive terminology, the analysis of semantic features and functions of perceptonyms, research into metaphor as the key means of conceptualizing proprioceptive experience, and the study of syntactic structures used in verbalizing proprioceptive sensations.https://l.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/archive-en/943-science-journal-of-volsu-linguistics-2024-vol-23-no-6/discussions/2854-nagornaya-a-v-the-language-of-the-secret-sense-on-the-linguistic-study-of-proprioceptionsensory linguisticsproprioceptive sensationinteroceptive sensationsubjective experiencepre-reflexive experiencebody schemabody imagemetaphor
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THE LANGUAGE OF THE “SECRET SENSE”: ON THE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF PROPRIOCEPTION
Vestnik Volgogradskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Seriâ 2. Âzykoznanie
sensory linguistics
proprioceptive sensation
interoceptive sensation
subjective experience
pre-reflexive experience
body schema
body image
metaphor
title THE LANGUAGE OF THE “SECRET SENSE”: ON THE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF PROPRIOCEPTION
title_full THE LANGUAGE OF THE “SECRET SENSE”: ON THE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF PROPRIOCEPTION
title_fullStr THE LANGUAGE OF THE “SECRET SENSE”: ON THE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF PROPRIOCEPTION
title_full_unstemmed THE LANGUAGE OF THE “SECRET SENSE”: ON THE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF PROPRIOCEPTION
title_short THE LANGUAGE OF THE “SECRET SENSE”: ON THE LINGUISTIC STUDY OF PROPRIOCEPTION
title_sort language of the secret sense on the linguistic study of proprioception
topic sensory linguistics
proprioceptive sensation
interoceptive sensation
subjective experience
pre-reflexive experience
body schema
body image
metaphor
url https://l.jvolsu.com/index.php/en/archive-en/943-science-journal-of-volsu-linguistics-2024-vol-23-no-6/discussions/2854-nagornaya-a-v-the-language-of-the-secret-sense-on-the-linguistic-study-of-proprioception
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