Features of Abstract Concepts Dismembering
https://doi.org/10.26907/2658-3321.2025.8.1.68-77
Abstract
Our perception of the world is the processing of multimodal sensory streams. The article considers the criteria for distinguishing the whole from its background, the criteria for dividing the whole into parts, the arrangement of parts within the whole, the composition of the whole and the interaction of functions with the appearance of the whole. Different configurations of the whole are explored. The whole is divided into parts perceptually and functionally. Each part has its own configuration and serves to fulfil a particular function. It is argued that the integrity and recognisability of parts is important for recognising objects. Experience and various human activities are studied as the whole. It is shown that the segmentation of our experiences is related to our activities and events. An event is a change in the intensity of physical activity over time. Events are characterised as accomplishments. They are associated with both outcomes and processes. The segmentation of our experiences has been shown to be related to our types of activities and events It is assumed that scene recognition occurs through the objects that participate in the scene. Moreover, the events separation occurs through the change of objects required to perform a particular type of activity. Experience and various types of human activities are studied. In the course of comprehension and verbalisation of sensory experience it is revealed that all activities require goalsetting, human body movements and objects of interaction.
About the Author
A. S. DediukhinaRussian Federation
Dediukhina Anna Sergeevna – Candidate of Philology, Associate professor
Yekaterinburg
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Dediukhina A.S. Features of Abstract Concepts Dismembering. Kazan linguistic journal. 2025;8(1):68-77. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2658-3321.2025.8.1.68-77
