De « aïe » à « ouch », les expressions humaines de la douleur sont similaires dans le monde entier, ce qui laisse entrevoir quelque chose de fondamental sur la façon dont les humains forment le langage.
- Researcher, Linguistics, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
From “ouch” to “ay”, human expressions of pain are similar across the globe, hinting at something fundamental about how humans form language.
Australian Indigenous languages use a fascinating array of expressions drawing on body parts to describe emotions. Here is a guide to some of the most intriguing ones.
People still find ways to express old ways of speaking in a new language, so that language does not fundamentally alter their cultural identity.
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