Embodiment in language-based memory: Some qualifications
Manuel de Vega a1 a1 Departamento de Psicología Cognitiva Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 S/C de Tenerife, Spain
mvega@ull.es
Abstract
(1) Non-projectable properties as opposed to the clamping of
projectable properties play a primary role in triggering and guiding
human action. (2) Embodiment in language-mediated memories should
be qualified: (a) Language imposes a radical discretization on body
constraints (second-order embodiment). (b) Metaphors rely on
second-order embodiment. (c) Language users sometimes suspend
embodiment.
