In:Sensory Linguistics: Language, perception and metaphor
Bodo Winter
[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 20] 2019
► pp. 31–49
Chapter 4Ineffability
Published online: 24 April 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.20.c4
https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.20.c4
Article outline
- 4.1Introduction
- 4.2Ineffability and related notions
- 4.3Ineffability of what?
- 4.3.1Differential ineffability of the senses
- 4.3.2Proper and common sensibles
- 4.3.3Ineffability of subjective experience
- 4.3.4The ineffability of fine perceptual detail
- 4.3.5Ineffability of multisensory experience
- 4.3.6Why ineffabilities are necessary
- 4.4Explanations of the ineffability of the senses
- 4.4.1Cognitive-architectural explanations
- 4.4.2Limits of language explanations
- 4.4.3Communicative need explanations
- 4.4.4Evaluating explanations of ineffability
- 4.5Shifting semiotic strategies
- 4.6Conclusion
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