Funcionalismo translinguístico e cognição: relações entre corpo e gramática das línguas.

Abstract

This paper aims to describe some linguistic systems from typologicalfunctionalist perspective to verify how these systems use parts of the human body in their morphosyntax. This goal is aligned with Cognitive Linguistics embodied mind hypothesis, which considers that mental and linguistic operations are anchored in the human body. We analyze the deitic system, the movement constructions and the system of classifiers of some languages. The data showed that words and morphemes that indicate parts of the human body integrate the grammar of these languages. Works of this nature contribute to deconstructing rationalist theses that dichotomize mind and body and also contribute to access data on languages spoken by minorities people.