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Lydia Rodríguez
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Linguistic Anthropology
Topical interests: Language and Gesture, Language and Thought, Linguistic Relativity, Cross-cultural Studies in Cognitive Linguistics. My interest in linguistic anthropology is related to both my formation as a philologist and as an anthropologist. I hold degrees in Classical Philology (2000) and in Social and Cultural Anthropology (2002). I have also conducted part of my graduate education in Spain, where I received an MA in Amerindian Studies (2005) from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. I entered the Ph.D. Program in Linguistic Anthropology at the University
of Virginia in 2005. I first worked on the relationship between language
and indigenous philosophies of personhood. I have also developed a strong
interest in corporality and in the so-called "non verbal communication".
In my current research I explore the relationship between language, gesture,
and thought. I am particularly interested in co-speech gestures, and specifically
in gestures that co-occur with temporal utterances. My research is about
how different cultural ideas about time and different linguistic strategies
for expressing temporal notions have an impact on gesture. At a theoretical
level, I am also interested in interdisciplinary approaches to the study
of linguistic relativity. Board member, Network of Iberoamerican Anthropologists http://www.aibr.org/antropologia/equipo/lydia.php
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