20.500.12556/DiRROS-28685 Different languages, different landscapes? Exploring linguistic differences in landscape conceptualizations The goal of the research was to assess whether landscape conceptualization systematically differed across European languages in the context of the linguistic relativity debate. We examined the generalizability of previous findings and evaluated the limits of used methodologies, drawing on a large and diverse sample of 14 languages across 5 linguistic families in Eastern Europe (Slavic, Baltic, Uralic, Romance, Hellenic). Participants were asked to free-list terms associated with three linguistic domains: landscape, animals, and body parts. Mixed ANOVA, pairwise comparisons, frequency distribution, cognitive salience, and semantic network analyses were used to test for relationships and to visualize patterns and differences between languages. We confirmed that the landscape domain was less structured than the domains of animals and body parts. Furthermore, the landscape domain had weaker semantic connections across languages. However, we did not find any systematic differences in landscape conceptualizations across languages that could be clearly attributed to linguistic factors. Rather, we argue that the observed variability is more likely the result of multiple factors – geographical, cultural, and linguistic. Building on previous research, we propose more nuanced methods in future research that integrate qualitative, ethnographic insights with quantitative methods, while accounting for extra-linguistic factors. landscape perception linguistic relativity Eastern Europe semantic differences true false true Angleški jezik Ni določen © 2026 the author(s) Neznano 2026-03-28 17:39:01 2026-03-28 17:39:01 2026-05-09 17:13:26 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Raziskovalni podatki, na katerih temelji objava, so dostopni na https://asep.lib.cas.cz/arl-cav/cs/detail-cav_un_epca-0618765-PDF-verze-formularu/. Avtor iz Slovenije: Matjaž Geršič; Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 8. 3. 2026; 19 str. issue 1 Vol. 12 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2026-03-02 81'373.21 2300-9969 10.1515/opli-2025-0081 270850307 https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/opli-2025-0081/html 1 a1c104dc-2ac4-11f1-8a61-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=42651 10.1515_opli-2025-0081.pdf 10.1515_opli-2025-0081.pdf 1 C52B2A29EDA0EA10BC4FE971FF88C737 12ddd07b3afd828f26ba953995b7fb00c892af799f65019dbf7645437a0901d8 837d2284-2ac5-11f1-8a61-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=42652 Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti 0 0 0