TY - JOUR ID - 24933 TI - Mirror Neurons and (Inter)subjectivity: Typological Evidence from East Asian Languages JO - International Journal of Society, Culture & Language JA - IJSCL LA - en SN - AU - Zhu, Lin AD - Shanghai Normal University, China Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 103 EP - 117 KW - Action KW - synergy KW - Mirror Neurons KW - (Inter)subjectivity KW - Sentence-final Particles DO - N2 - Language is primarily constituted by action and interaction based on sensorimotor information. This paper demonstrates the nature of subjectivity and intersubjectivity through the neural mechanism and typological evidence of sentence-final particles from East Asian languages and extends to the discussion of the relationship between them. I propose that intersubjecivity is a kind of embedded or nested interpersonal synergy grounded in mirror neurons. By means of shared motor information and embodied simulation, one’s self models can be generated in which other self-models are embedded. With the process of embedded interpersonal synergies, the relationship between synergies might be concerned to produce mutual shaping of meaning between speaker and hearer. Accordingly, I propose a hypothesis that the more intersubjective markers a language has, the more embedded or nested interpersonal synergies it has. This proposal opens new perspective on the understanding of the nature of language communication and (inter)subjectivity. UR - https://www.ijscl.com/article_24933.html L1 - https://www.ijscl.com/article_24933_a0813d875738a97fabddab2277610f54.pdf ER -