Applying a Perspective-Taking Typology to Contrastive Studies: Focus on Spatial Expressions and Bodily Representations

Abstract

The purpose of this research overview is, first, to summarize and clarify the features of “perspective-taking,” which is further specified in terms of a new typological grid for “perspectivizaiton” that differentiates types of “frame of reference” (FOR) and specific “depictive modes” (DM). Second, based on the “etic” grid proposed above, I examine specific instances in which different types of FOR/DM and bodily representations emerge through broadly defined “perspectivization” in order to confirm the validity of the model for contrastive analysis of perspectives.