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Variation and Uniformity in Mental State Talk Across Three Languages
Variation and Uniformity in Mental State Talk Across Three Languages
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20250211153122
- ISBN
- 9798346811077
- DDC
- 153
- 서명/저자
- Variation and Uniformity in Mental State Talk Across Three Languages
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : University of California, Los Angeles, 2024
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
- 형태사항
- 346 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-06, Section: B.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Cartmill, Erica A.;Barrett, H. Clark.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2024.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Does the way we talk about other people's minds depend on the language we speak? This dissertation explores this question by developing and applying a novel methodology to systematically collect and analyze standardized corpora of speech samples about others' minds. Using this approach, I created a cross-linguistic corpus from English speakers in the United States, Mandarin speakers in China, and Arabic speakers in Morocco. This corpus was used across three studies to determine whether the frequency of mental state talk varied across languages and whether individual variation in the frequency of mental state talk was related to an underlying dimension of social cognition known as mindreading-the ability to infer others' mental states. The first study analyzed the production of eight key mental state verbs theorized to be critical for mindreading development across field sites. However, this narrow focus overlooked much of the mental state lexicon. The second study addressed this limitation by coding all mental state terms in the corpus as identified by native speakers of each language. The third study examined whether participants' frequency of mental state talk predicted their performance on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET), a widely used measure of mindreading ability, and whether this relationship differed across languages. Three key findings emerged. First, the frequency of mental state talk was largely consistent across cultural-linguistic contexts, suggesting it may occur at a relatively fixed rate that is independent of cultural and linguistic variation. Second, mental state talk frequency significantly predicted RMET performance, though participant talkativeness was a slightly stronger predictor. Third, both factors were consistent positive predictors of RMET scores across all field sites. These findings suggest that the relationship between mental state talk and mindreading competence is less influenced by cross-cultural or cross-linguistic differences than previously thought. They also emphasize the importance of considering not only the specific content of mental state talk but also the broader linguistic context when studying social cognition. This work advances a more nuanced understanding of the interplay between language, culture, and our ability to understand others' minds.
- 일반주제명
- Cognitive psychology
- 일반주제명
- Linguistics
- 일반주제명
- Cultural anthropology
- 키워드
- Cross-cultural
- 키워드
- Cross-linguistic
- 키워드
- Mentalizing
- 키워드
- Mindreading
- 키워드
- Social cognition
- 키워드
- Theory of mind
- 기타저자
- University of California, Los Angeles Anthropology 0063
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-06B.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■5021 ▼aThesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2024.
■520 ▼aDoes the way we talk about other people's minds depend on the language we speak? This dissertation explores this question by developing and applying a novel methodology to systematically collect and analyze standardized corpora of speech samples about others' minds. Using this approach, I created a cross-linguistic corpus from English speakers in the United States, Mandarin speakers in China, and Arabic speakers in Morocco. This corpus was used across three studies to determine whether the frequency of mental state talk varied across languages and whether individual variation in the frequency of mental state talk was related to an underlying dimension of social cognition known as mindreading-the ability to infer others' mental states. The first study analyzed the production of eight key mental state verbs theorized to be critical for mindreading development across field sites. However, this narrow focus overlooked much of the mental state lexicon. The second study addressed this limitation by coding all mental state terms in the corpus as identified by native speakers of each language. The third study examined whether participants' frequency of mental state talk predicted their performance on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET), a widely used measure of mindreading ability, and whether this relationship differed across languages. Three key findings emerged. First, the frequency of mental state talk was largely consistent across cultural-linguistic contexts, suggesting it may occur at a relatively fixed rate that is independent of cultural and linguistic variation. Second, mental state talk frequency significantly predicted RMET performance, though participant talkativeness was a slightly stronger predictor. Third, both factors were consistent positive predictors of RMET scores across all field sites. These findings suggest that the relationship between mental state talk and mindreading competence is less influenced by cross-cultural or cross-linguistic differences than previously thought. They also emphasize the importance of considering not only the specific content of mental state talk but also the broader linguistic context when studying social cognition. This work advances a more nuanced understanding of the interplay between language, culture, and our ability to understand others' minds.
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■650 4▼aLinguistics
■650 4▼aCultural anthropology
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■653 ▼aCross-linguistic
■653 ▼aMentalizing
■653 ▼aMindreading
■653 ▼aSocial cognition
■653 ▼aTheory of mind
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■85640▼uhttp://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T17165089▼nKERIS▼z이 자료의 원문은 한국교육학술정보원에서 제공합니다.


