Sense-Dominant language

[neonchameleon]

ozarque has been doing a series on sense-dominant language which I've been thinking about for the last couple of weeks. She's also (rightly) been pointing out that there is a lot less touch-dominant language than there is other language

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[tcpip]

Of course, for those who prefer the very close senses... there's always matters of taste.

I smell a rat

[neonchameleon]

I decided to leave taste and smell out of this as only the three senses I mentioned are normally equated with language. I'm not quite sure why other than that you taste comparatively little and humans have a comparatively poor sense of smell.

Listening is to hearing as watching is to seeing?

[midnightmelody]

(And I've been told about active listening, but not active seeing).As indicated above, I think the correct parallel would be 'active watching

Re: Listening is to hearing as watching is to seeing?

[neonchameleon]

Of course it would be active watching rather than active seeing. And it only reinforces the point I made that I haven't been told about it...

Dolphins would be an interesting test. Bats IIRC evolved to live in the dark, where sight is less effective and therefore the balance would be very different. (Of course, sound travelling faster underwater works too).

Re: Listening is to hearing as watching is to seeing?

[midnightmelody]

it only reinforces the point I made that I haven't been told about it...

I'm not really sure what point you *are* making. That it's less commonly mentioned? That we don't think we need strategies? That people confuse sensory attention with cortical processing?

Re: Listening is to hearing as watching is to seeing?

[neonchameleon]

That it is less necessary to mention it because there is a greater default amount of cortical processing involved.