Cognitive science from the perspective of linguistic diversity

Kim, Yoolim; Tjuka, Annika

doi:10.1111/cogs.13418

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Cognitive science from the perspective of linguistic diversity

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Tjuka, Annika
Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Kim, Y., & Tjuka, A. (2024). Cognitive science from the perspective of linguistic diversity. Cognitive Science, 48: e13418. doi:10.1111/cogs.13418.

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This letter addresses two issues in language research that are important to cognitive science: the comparability of word meanings across languages and the neglect of an integrated approach to writing systems. The first issue challenges generativist claims by emphasizing the importance of comparability of data, drawing on typologists’ findings about different languages. The second issue addresses the exclusion of diverse writing systems from linguistic investigation and argues for a more extensive study of their effects on language and cognition. We argue for a refocusing of cognitive science research on linguistic diversity in all modalities to develop the most robust understanding of language and its role in human cognition more broadly.