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In:Sensory Experiences: Exploring meaning and the senses
Danièle Dubois, Caroline Cance, Matt Coler, Arthur Paté and Catherine Guastavino
[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 24] 2021
► pp. 505–536

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Chapter 14
Making sense of the outcomes

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Published online: 1 December 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.24.c14
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  • 14.1Data as constructs
    • 14.1.1The quantitative/qualitative opposition
    • 14.1.2Beyond the quantitative/qualitative opposition
      • 14.1.2.1New perspectives and growing alternatives
        • Mixed methods and the inheritance of sensory sciences
      • 14.1.2.2Quantitative research, yes! … but after semantic control!
  • 14.2Numbers and words as embedded knowledge
    • 14.2.1Numbers as amodal symbolic representations
    • 14.2.2Words as forms and meaning
      • Iconicity of the linguistic sign and categorization
      • Motivation and morphological similarity in categorization
  • 14.3Linguistic expressions for sensory experiences
    • 14.3.1How can a word account for sensory experience?
      • 14.3.1.1Iconicity as the sensory relation between signifier and the world
      • 14.3.1.2Morphological similarities within linguistic systems
    • 14.3.2Words as signified: Lexical resources for sensory analysis
      • 14.3.2.1Source names as sensory words: Metonymy
      • 14.3.2.2Morphosyntactic devices
    • 14.3.3Sensory experiences and words (meanings) in context
    • 14.3.4Sensory experiences and knowledges in discourse
      • 14.3.4.1When one word is a discourse: The locutoire/délocutoire opposition
      • 14.3.4.2Personal marks
      • 14.3.4.3Modality and evidentiality
  • 14.4Tracking the objectivity of sensory experiences in discourse
  • Notes
  • References
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