Thomas Poulton
Biographic Data
| ID | 6701262 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Poulton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Poulton |
| SIGNATURE | POULTON T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5650-4027 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Linguistic descriptions and cultural models of olfaction in Umpila and English
Jędrzejowski, Łukasz and Przemysław Staniewski
present the 131th instalment of the "Typological Studies in Language" series with their volume The linguistics of olfaction: Typological and diachronic approaches to synchronic diversity. The volume describes the ways in which olfaction is encoded in language, making it a curated compilation of typological accounts from a variety of languages, many under-represented in the literature. Most of the chapters focus on the lexicogrammatical structure …
Things we smell and things they smell like
The sense of smell has been relatively neglected in the Western research. It is not regarded as particularly useful compared to the perceived importance of senses like sight, sound, and touch. Correspondingly, English speakers are ill-equipped to describe qualities of smells, instead invoking entities that share similar olfactory qualities, e.g. like roses . This raises the question: which odours do English speakers frequently refer to, and which…
The smells we know and love
The English lexicon is quite impoverished in capturing the perceptual detail of odour qualities. To make up for the lack of smell vocabulary, speakers will often resort to source-based descriptions, a strategy that likens smells to real-world reference points, like ‘mint’. This study examines the instances when Australian English speakers use particular communicative strategies, to explore whether cultural or cognitive influences allow for the ea…
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The smells we know and love
The English lexicon is quite impoverished in capturing the perceptual detail of odour qualities. To make up for the lack of smell vocabulary, speakers will often resort to source-based descriptions, a strategy that likens smells to real-world reference points, like ‘mint’. This study examines the instances when Australian English speakers use particular communicative strategies, to explore whether cultural or cognitive influences allow for the ea…
Jędrzejowski, Łukasz and Przemysław Staniewski
present the 131th instalment of the "Typological Studies in Language" series with their volume The linguistics of olfaction: Typological and diachronic approaches to synchronic diversity. The volume describes the ways in which olfaction is encoded in language, making it a curated compilation of typological accounts from a variety of languages, many under-represented in the literature. Most of the chapters focus on the lexicogrammatical structure …
Things we smell and things they smell like
The sense of smell has been relatively neglected in the Western research. It is not regarded as particularly useful compared to the perceived importance of senses like sight, sound, and touch. Correspondingly, English speakers are ill-equipped to describe qualities of smells, instead invoking entities that share similar olfactory qualities, e.g. like roses . This raises the question: which odours do English speakers frequently refer to, and which…
Linguistic descriptions and cultural models of olfaction in Umpila and English
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · History (3 works) · Multisensory perception and integration (3 works) · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (2 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)