Abstract
One of the bewildering conceptions within the realm of cognitive science has been the perception of meaning and understanding, which has inadequately been approached by previous theories of cognition. Recently, there have been radical shifts in developments in cognitive science toward the theory of Embodiment. On the word of this newfangled standpoint, it is widely accepted that body plays a central role in meaning making. In this novel approach, making linguistic meanings which is closely related to our actions is precisely the point. Several investigations have endeavored to provide the estimates of embodiment by examining the effect of body movements on cognition. A considerable amount of literature has proved that the cognitive capacities are constructed and dependent on the bodily actions through the interaction with the external world.
Highlights
One of the most significant discussions in Philosophy has been dealing with the issue of the meaning and where it comes from
According to Embodiment Theory, these capacities are closely linked to the sensorimotor capability which can be assumed to be in sharp contrast with language as an autonomous language faculty approach
The results supported the duality of conceptual processing, being both linguistic and embodied, with a bias for the Embodiment or the linguistic factor depending on the nature of the task and the stimuli
Summary
One of the most significant discussions in Philosophy has been dealing with the issue of the meaning and where it comes from. According to Embodiment Theory, these capacities are closely linked to the sensorimotor capability which can be assumed to be in sharp contrast with language as an autonomous language faculty approach. In this view, it is largely believed that conceptual and linguistic representation is basically the result of reprocessing sensorimotor representational capacities. Drawing upon the stand of research into the new approach toward cognition, this study attempts to clarify several aspects of Embodiment encompassing Embodiment and the semantic meaning, perception of the reality, linguistic comprehension, conceptual processing, and the role of the environment. A part of the aim of this study is to shine light on these debates by presenting the evidence and claims of the Embodiment provided in the body of the literature
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