Cognitive Human Categorization. The Situative Ebb and Flow of Relevant Categorization (B03)

• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 442261292

The subproject examines the relationship between translation and language-related human categorization. It uses the case of current cultural encounters in the context of processes of migration to study how people reciprocally categorize each other based on ‘their’ languages and the role of translation (both spoken and written) in these processes. The central hypothesis is that translation plays a major part in the creation of linguistic boundaries and affiliations. The objective of the subproject is to systematically develop “human categorization, language, and translation” as a new research field.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1482: Studies in Human Categorization
• Applicant Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Dilek Dizdar