What does it mean to be human? We have been called Homo sapiens (the wise human), Homo loquens (the speaking human), and Homo percipiens (the perceiving human). The last term highlights that perception through the senses connects us to the physical world. But it is language that encodes our sensory experience. Sensory linguistics is the field that examines how these experiences are captured and developed through words.
This book explores sensory studies in Russian linguistics, mapping key c ...