ERC Starting Grant · 2024
Walking while Talking: A Cross-Linguistic Study of the Moving Speech Situation among Mobile Foragers
This project investigates human language in the very environment in which it has evolved, is acquired, and very frequently is used: while walking. Yet, moving communication contexts differ significantly from static ones, as they are dynamic: it is in this moving realm where the speech situation is fluid, where reference and topic environments unfold, and where our bodies interact in ever-changing ways with each other and with the environment. This unique fleeting character of walking and the challenges it yields for perception and experience is prone to impact grammar, lexicon, and verbal interaction profoundly. While linguistics extensively studies how humans talk about motion, the impact…
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