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Professor, Manager of Research and Research Education
- Cognitive Semiotics
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Master’s Programme Coordinator
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail jordan.zlatevling.luse
Phone +46 46 222 84 41
Room SOL:H405b
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20
I am interested in the relation between thought/consciousness and semiotic systems like language, gestures and pictures, in particular in an evolutionary and developmental perspective.
I am involved in the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS) and editor of Public Journal of Semiotics (PJOS).
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
- Phenomenology and Typology of Motion (research leader)
- Stages in the Evolution and Development of Sign Use (European Commission) (research leader)
- Centre for Cognitive Semiotics (RJ) (research leader)
- Phenomenology and Typology of Motion (PATOM) (research leader)
- Precursors of Sign Use in Intersubjectivity and Imitation (PSUII)
Editorships (6)
- Zlatev, J., Sonesson, G. & Konderak, P. (2016). (Eds.) Meaning, mind and communication : Explorations in cognitive semiotics. Peter Lang Publishing Group.
- Foolen, A., Lüdtke, U. M., Racine, T. P. & Zlatev, J. (2012). (Eds.) Moving ourselves, moving others : motion and emotion in intersubjectivity, consciousness and language. Consciousness and Emotion, 6. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Sonesson, G. & Zlatev, J. (2009). (Eds.) Anthroposemiotics vs. Biosemiotics. Cognitive Semiotics, 4. De Gruyter.
- Zlatev, J., Andrén, M., Johansson Falck, M. & Lundmark, C. (2009). (Eds.) Studies in Language and Cognition. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Zlatev, J. & Sinha, C. (2008). (Eds.) The Shared Mind: Perspectives on Intersubjectivity. Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Ziemke, T., Zlatev, J. & Frank, R. (2007). (Eds.) Body, Language and Mind. Vol 1. Embodiment. Cognitive Linguistics Research, 35. Mouton de Gruyter.
Articles (49)
- Mendoza-Collazos, J. & Zlatev, J. (2022). A Cognitive-Semiotic Approach to Agency : Assessing Ideas from Cognitive Science and Neuroscience. Biosemiotics, 15, 141-170. Springer.
- Moskaluk, K., Zlatev, J. & van de Weijer, J. (2022). “Dizziness of Freedom” : Anxiety Disorders and Metaphorical Meaning-making. Metaphor and Symbol, 37, 303-322. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Mouratidou, A., Zlatev, J. & van de Weijer, J. (2022). How much do we really care what we pick? : Pre-verbal and verbal investment in choices concerning faces and figures. Topoi, 41, 695-713. Springer.
- Naidu, V., Zlatev, J. & van de Weijer, J. (2022). Typological features of Telugu : defining the parameters of post-Talmian motion event typology. Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, 1-30. Routledge.
- Blomberg, J. & Zlatev, J. (2021). Metalinguistic relativity : Does one's ontology determine one's view on linguistic relativity?. Language and Communication, 76, 35-46. Elsevier.
- Zlatev, J., Blomberg, J., Devylder, S., Naidu, V. & van de Weijer, J. (2021). Motion event descriptions in Swedish, French, Thai and Telugu : a study in post-Talmian motion event typology. Acta Linguistica Hafniensia, 53, 58-90. Routledge.
- Zlatev, J. (2020). Breaking out of the recursive loop with cognitive semiotics. Constructivist Foundations, 15, 283-285. Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
- Zlatev, J., ywiczyński, P. & Wacewicz, S. (2020). Pantomime as the original human-specific communicative system. Journal of Language Evolution, 5, 156-174. Oxford University Press.
- Louhema, K., Zlatev, J., Graziano, M. & van de Weijer, J. (2019). Translating from monosemiotic to polysemiotic narratives : A study of Finnish speech and gestures. Sign Systems Studies, 47, 480-525. Tartu University Press.
- Stampoulidis, G., Bolognesi, M. & Zlatev, J. (2019). A cognitive semiotic exploration of metaphors in Greek street art. Cognitive Semiotics, 12. De Gruyter.
- Naidu, V., Zlatev, J., van de Weijer, J., Devylder, S., Duggirala, V. & Blomberg, J. (2018). Holistic spatial semantics and post-Talmian motion event typology : A case study of Thai and Telugu. Cognitive Semiotics, 11, 1-27. De Gruyter.
- Zlatev, J. (2018). Different kinds of parsimony : association-learning versus bodily mimesis. Journal of Language Evolution, 3, 45-46. Oxford University Press.
- Zlatev, J. (2018). Meaning making from life to language : The Semiotic Hierarchy and phenomenology. Cognitive Semiotics, 11. De Gruyter.
- Clement, J., Gidlöf, K., Smith, V., Zlatev, J. & van de Weijer, J. (2017). Assessing information on food packages. European Journal of Marketing, 51, 219-237. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Pleyer, M., Hartmann, S., Winters, J. & Zlatev, J. (2017). Interaction and iconicity in the evolution of language : Introduction to the special issue. Interaction Studies, 18, 303-313. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Zlatev, J., Wacewicz, S., Zywiczynski, P. & van de Weijer, J. (2017). Multimodal-first or pantomime-first? : Communicating events through pantomime with and without vocalization. Interaction Studies, 18, 465-488. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Vastenius, A., van de Weijer, J. & Zlatev, J. (2016). The influence of native language word order and cognitive biases in pictorial event representations. Cognitive Semiotics, 9, 45-77. De Gruyter.
- Zlatev, J. (2016). Turning back to experience in Cognitive Linguistics via phenomenology. Cognitive Linguistics, 27, 559-572. Mouton de Gruyter.
- Zlatev, J. & Blomberg, J. (2016). Embodied intersubjectivity, sedimentation and non-actual motion expressions. Nordic Journal of Linguistics, 39, 185-208. Cambridge University Press.
- Blomberg, J. & Zlatev, J. (2015). Non-actual motion: phenomenological analysis and linguistic evidence. Cognitive Processing, 16, 153-157. Springer.
- McCune, L. & Zlatev, J. (2015). Dynamic systems in semiotic development: The transition to reference. Cognitive Development, 36, 161-170. Elsevier.
- Zlatev, J. & Blomberg, J. (2015). Language may indeed influence thought. Frontiers in Psychology, 6. Frontiers Media S. A..
- Blomberg, J. & Zlatev, J. (2014). Actual and non-actual motion: why experientialist semantics needs phenomenology (and vice versa). Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 13, 395-418. Springer.
- Smith, V., Barratt, D. & Zlatev, J. (2014). Unpacking noun-noun compounds : interpreting novel and conventional food names in isolation and on food labels. Cognitive Linguistics, 25, 99-147. Mouton de Gruyter.
- Zlatev, J. (2014). Human uniqueness, bodily mimesis and the evolution of language. Humana.Mente. Humana.Mente.
- Zlatev, J. (2014). Image schemas, mimetic schemas, and children’s gestures. Cognitive Semiotics, 7, 3-29. De Gruyter.
- Johansson, N. & Zlatev, J. (2013). Motivations for Sound Symbolism in Spatial Deixis : A Typological Study of 101 Languages. The Public Journal of Semiotics, 5. Open Semiotics Resource Center.
- Zlatev, J. (2013). Образные схемы, миметические схемы и жесты детей. Voprosy Kognitivnoj Lingvistiki, 1. RALK.
- Zlatev, J. (2013). The mimesis hierarchy of semiotic development: five stages of intersubjectivity in children. The Public Journal of Semiotics, 4, 47-73. Open Semiotics Resource Center.
- Zlatev, J. & Blomberg, J. (2013). Die Möglichkeit sprachlichen Einflusses auf das Denken. Zeitschrift für Semiotik, 35, 63-83. Stauffenburg Verlag.
- Zlatev, J., Madsen, E., Lenninger, S., Persson, T., Sayehli, S., van de Weijer, J. & Sonesson, G. (2013). Understanding communicative intentions and semiotic vehicles by children and chimpanzees. Cognitive Development, 28, 312-329. Elsevier.
- Zlatev, J. (2012). Cognitive semiotics: an emerging field for the transdisciplinary study of meaning. The Public Journal of Semiotics, IV, 2-24. Open Semiotics Resource Center.
- Zlatev, J. (2011). From cognitive to integral linguistics and back again. Intellectica, 56, 125-147. Association pour la Recherche Cognitive.
- Zlatev, J. (2011). What is cognitive semiotics?. Semiotix: a global information bulletin, 6.
- Ahlner, F. & Zlatev, J. (2010). Cross-modal iconicity: A cognitive semiotic approach to sound symbolism. Sign Systems Studies, 38, 298-348. Tartu University Press.
- Zlatev, J., Smith, V., van de Weijer, J. & Skydsgaard, K. (2010). Noun-noun compounds for fictive food products: Experimenting in the borderzone of semantics and pragmatics. Journal of Pragmatics, 42, 2799-2813. Elsevier.
- Zlatev, J. (2009). Levels of meaning embodiment and communication. Cybernetics & Human Knowing, 16, 149-174. Imprint Academic.
- Zlatev, J. (2009). The semiotic hierarchy: life, consciousness, signs and language. Cognitive Semiotics, 4, 169-200. De Gruyter.
- Zlatev, J. (2008). From proto-mimesis to language: Evidence from primatology and social neuroscience. Journal of Physiology - Paris, 102, 137-151. Elsevier.
- Zlatev, J. (2008). The dependence of language on consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 15, 34-62. Imprint Academic.
- Zlatev, J. (2008). The dialectics of consciousness and language. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 15, 5-14. Imprint Academic.
- Zlatev, J. (2007). Intersubjectivity, mimetic schemas and the emergence of language. Intellectica, 46-47, 123-152. Association pour la Recherche Cognitive.
- Johansson, S., Zlatev, J. & Gärdenfors, P. (2006). Why don't chimps talk and humans sing like canaries?. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 29, 287-288. Cambridge University Press.
- Sigurd, B. & Zlatev, J. (2006). Motion Event Typology meets Computational Modelling. SKY Journal of Linguistics, 19, 460-471. Suomen Kielitieteellinen Yhdistys.
- Zlatev, J., Persson, T. & Gärdenfors, P. (2005). Bodily mimesisas “the missing link” in human cognitive evolution. LUCS: Lund University Cognitive Studies, 121. Lund University Cognitive Studies.
- Zlatev, J., Persson, T. & Gärdenfors, P. (2005). Triadic bodily mimesis is the difference. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 28, 720-720. Cambridge University Press.
- Zlatev, J. & David, C. (2003). Motion event constructions in Swedish, French and Thai : Three language types?. Manusya, Journal of Humanities, 6, 18-42.
- Zlatev, J. (2002). Meaning = Life (+ Culture): An outline of a unified biocultural theory of meaning. Evolution of Communication, 4, 253-296. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Zlatev, J. (2001). The epigenesis of meaning in human beings, and possibly in robots. Minds and Machines, 11, 155-195.
Book chapters (27)
- Zlatev, J. & Moskaluk, K. (2022). Translation validity in metaphor theories CMT, DMT and the Motivation & Sedimentation Model. In Bagasheva, A., Hristov, B. & Tincheva, N. (Eds.) Figurative Thought and Language, Figurativity and Human Ecology (pp. 123-148), 17. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Mendoza-Collazos, J., Zlatev, J. & Sonesson, G. (2021). The Origins and Evolution of Design : A Stage-Based Model. In Pagni, E. & Theisen Simanke, R. (Eds.) Interdisciplinary Evolution Research, Biosemiotics and Evolution : The Natural Foundations of Meaning and Symbolism (pp. 161-173), 6. Springer Nature.
- Zlatev, J. (2017). Embodied intersubjectivity. In Dancygier, B. (Ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics (pp. 172-187). Cambridge University Press.
- Zlatev, J. (2016). Mimesis : The role of bodily mimesis for the evolution of human culture and language. Human Lifeworlds: The Cognitive Semiotics of Cultural Evolution, 63-82. Peter Lang Publishing Group.
- Zlatev, J. (2016). Prerequisites in human embodiment for the evolution of symbolic communication. In Etzelmüller, G. & Tewes, C. (Eds.) Embodiment in Evolution and Culture. Mohr Siebeck.
- Zlatev, J. (2015). Cognitive semiotics. In Trifonas, P. P. (Ed.) International handbook of semiotics (pp. 1043-1067). Springer.
- Zlatev, J. (2015). The emergence of gestures. In MacWhinney, B. & O´Grady, W. (Eds.) Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics, The Handbook of Language Emergence (pp. 458-477). Wiley-Blackwell.
- Zlatev, J. (2014). Bodily Mimesis and the Transition to Speech. In Pina, M. & Gontier, N. (Eds.) The Evolution of Social Communication in Primates: A Multidisciplinary Approach (pp. 165-178), 1. Springer.
- Zlatev, J. (2014). The co-evolution of human intersubjectivity, morality and language. In Dor, D., Knight, C. & Lewis, D. (Eds.) The Social Origins of Language (pp. 249-266). Oxford University Press.
- Zlatev, J. & McCune, L. (2014). Toward and integrated model of semiotic development. In Chen, R. (Ed.) Cognitive Development: Theories, Stages, Processes and Challenges (pp. 59-76). Nova Science Publishers, Inc..
- Zlatev, J., Blomberg, J. & Magnusson, U. (2012). Metaphors and subjective experience: motion-emotion metaphors in English, Swedish, Bulgarian and Thai. In Foolen, A., Luedtke, U., Racine, T. & Zlatev, J. (Eds.) Moving Ourselves, Moving Others: Motion and emotion in consiousness, intersubjectivity and language (pp. 423-450). John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Zlatev, J. (2010). Phenomenology and cognitive linguistics. In Gallagher, S. (Ed.) Handbook on Phenomenology and Cognitive Science (pp. 415-446). Springer.
- Zlatev, J., Blomberg, J. & David, C. (2010). Translocation, language and the categorization of experience. In Evans, V. (Ed.) Language, cognition, and space : the state of the art and new directions (pp. 389-418). Equinox Publishing.
- Zlatev, J. & Andrén, M. (2009). Stages and transitions in children’s semiotic development. In Zlatev, J., Andrén, M., Lundmark, C. & Johansson, M. (Eds.) Studies in Language and Cognition (pp. 380-401). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Zlatev, J. (2008). The coevolution of intersubjectivity and bodily mimesis. In Zlatev, J., Racine, T., Sinha, C. & Itkonen, E. (Eds.) Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, The Shared Mind: Perspectives on Intersubjectivity (pp. 215-244), 12. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
- Zlatev, J., Brinck, I. & Andrén, M. (2008). Stages in the development of perceptual intersubjectivity. In Morganti, F., Carassa, A. & Riva, G. (Eds.) Enacting Intersubjectivity: A Cognitive and Social Perspective of the Study of Interaction. IOS Press.
- Ikegami, T. & Zlatev, J. (2007). From pre-representational cognition to language. Cognitive Linguistics Research, Body, Language and Mind. Vol 1. Embodiment, 35, 197-240. Mouton de Gruyter.
- Zlatev, J. (2007). Embodiment, language and mimesis. In Ziemke, T., Zlatev, J. & Franck, R. (Eds.) Body, Language, Mind. Vol 1: Embodiment (pp. 297-337). Mouton de Gruyter.
- Zlatev, J. (2007). Spatial semantics. In Geeraerts, D. & Cuyckens, H. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics (pp. 318-350). Oxford University Press.
- Zlatev, J. (2005). What's in a schema? Bodily mimesis and the grounding of language. From Perception To Meaning: Image Schemas In Cognitive Linguistics, 313-342. De Gruyter.
- Tufvesson, S., Zlatev, J. & van de Weijer, J. (2004). Idiom-entrenchment and semantic priming. In Soares da Silva, A., Torres, A. & Gonçalves, M. (Eds.) Linguagem Cultura e Cognição: Estudos de Linguística Cognitiva (pp. 309-334), 1. Livraria Almedina Coimbra..
- Zlatev, J. & David, C. (2004). Three ways to travel: Motion events in French, Swedish and Thai. In Soares da Silva, A., Torres, A. & Gonçalves, M. (Eds.) Linguaem, Cultura e Cognição : Estudos de Linguística Cognitiva (pp. 119-142), 2. Livraria Almedina Coimbra..
- Zlatev, J. & Yangklang, P. (2004). A third way to travel: The place of Thai in motion event typology. In Strömqvist, S. & Verhoeven, L. (Eds.) Relating events in narrative. vol. 2, typological and contextual perspectives (pp. 159-190). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Zlatev, J. (2003). Holistic spatial semantics of Thai. In Casad, E. H. & Palmer, G. B. (Eds.) Cognitive Linguistics and Non-Indo-European Languages. Mouton de Gruyter.
- Zlatev, J. (2003). Polysemy or generality? Mu. In Cuyckens, H., Dirven, R. & Taylor, J. R. (Eds.) Cognitive Approaches to Lexical Semantics (pp. 447-494), 23. Mouton de Gruyter.
- Zlatev, J. & Yangklang, P. (2003). The acquisition of motion event constructions in Thai. In Delsing ,..., L.-O. (Ed.) Grammatik i fokus : festskrift till Christer Platzack den 18 november 2003 = Grammar in focus : festschrift for Christer Platzack 18 November 2003. Vol. II. Institutionen för nordiska språk, Lunds universitet.
- Zlatev, J. (2002). Beyond cognitive determination: Interactionism in the acquisition of spatial semantics. In Leather, J. & Dam, J. v. (Eds.) Ecology of language acquisition. Springer.
Prefaces (2)
- Zlatev, J., Sonesson, G. & Konderak, P. (2016). Introduction : Cognitive semiotics comes of age. In Sonesson, G., Konderak, P. & Zlatev, J. (Eds.) Meaning, Mind and Communication : Explorations in Cognitive Semiotics (pp. 9-28). Peter Lang Publishing Group.
- Zlatev, J. (2012). Motion, Emotion and Mind Science. In Foolen, A., Luedtke, U., Racine, T. & Zlatev, J. (Eds.) Moving Ourselves, Moving Others: Motion and Emotion in Intersubjectivity, Consciousness and Language (pp. 1-28). John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Encyclopaedia entries (2)
- Zlatev, J. (2018). Mimesis theory, Learning, and Polysemiotic Communication. In Peters, M. A. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Springer.
- Zlatev, J. (2006). Semantics of spatial expressions. Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (Second Edition), 173-180. Elsevier.
Conference contributions (18)
- Mouratidou, A., Zlatev, J. & van de Weijer, J. (accepted/in press). Choice Awareness and Manipulation Blindness : A cognitive semiotic exploration of choice-making.
- Mouratidou, A. & Zlatev, J. (2022). How much do we really care what we pick? Pre-verbal and verbal investment in choices concerning faces and figures.
- Mouratidou, A., Zlatev, J. & van de Weijer, J. (2022). Experiential and linguistic investment in choice making.
- Mouratidou, A., Zlatev, J. & van de Weijer, J. (2022). How much do we really care what we pick? : Pre-verbal and verbal investment in choices concerning faces and figures.
- Stampoulidis, G. & Zlatev, J. (2020). Identifying and analyzing metaphors in Greek street art, and the Motivation & Sedimentation Model.
- Mouratidou, A., Zlatev, J. & van de Weijer, J. (2019). Choice Awareness and Manipulation Blindness : A cognitive semiotic exploration of choice-making and memory.
- Mouratidou, A., Zlatev, J. & van de Weijer, J. (2019). Choice Awareness and Manipulation Blindness : A cognitive semiotic exploration of choice-making and memory.
- Stampoulidis, G., Bolognesi, M. & Zlatev, J. (2019). Facing metaphors as the most complex iconic signs: Toward a synthetic analysis of figuration in Greek street art.
- Stampoulidis, G., Bolognesi, M. & Zlatev, J. (2019). Metaphors on the cross-roads: A cognitive-semiotic framework to the study of Greek street art.
- Zlatev, J., Blomberg, J., Devylder, S. & van de Weijer, J. (2019). Holistic Spatial Semantics reveals different patterns of motion description in Swedish, French and Thai.
- Louhema, K., Zlatev, J., Graziano, M. & van de Weijer, J. (2018). Translating from unisemiotic to polysemiotic narratives : A study of Finnish speech and gestures.
- Zlatev, J., Lenninger, S., Madsen, E., Persson, T., Sayehli, S. & Sonesson, G. (2012). Understanding Communicative Signs by Children and Chimpanzees.
- Madsen, E., Zlatev, J., Persson, T., Lenninger, S., Sayehli, S. & Sonesson, G. (2011). A Developmental Increase in Susceptibility to Contagious Yawning in Chimpanzees: An Expression of Empathy?.
- Zlatev, J., Lenninger, S., Sayehli, S., Madsen, E., Sonesson, G. & Persson, T. (2011). Understanding Communicative Signs by Children and Chimpanzees.
- Zlatev, J., Sonesson, G., Persson, T., Lenninger, S., Sayehli, S. & Madsen, E. (2011). Intersubjectivity and Sign Use in Children and Chimpanzees.
- Zlatev, J., Donald, M. & Sonesson, G. (2010). From body to mouth (and body). Evolution Of Language, Proceedings, 527-528. World Scientific Publishing.
- Zlatev, J., Persson, T. & Gärdenfors, P. (2004). Can Mimesis Provide the Missing Link to Language?.
- Zlatev, J. & Persson, T. (2003). Can Mimesis Provide the Missing Link to Language?.
Reports (1)
Reviews (1)
Supervision at Lund University (4)
- Mendoza-Collazos, J. (2022). Agency and Artefacts : A cognitive semiotic exploration of design. Lund University. Dissertation.
- Stampoulidis, G. (2021). Street Artivism on Athenian Walls : A cognitive semiotic analysis of metaphor and narrative in street art. Media-Tryck, Lund University, Sweden. Dissertation.
- Blomberg, J. (2014). Motion in Language and Experience : Actual and Non-actual motion in Swedish, French and Thai. Travaux de l'Institut de Linguistique de Lund, 53. The Faculties of Humanities and Theology. Dissertation.
- Andrén, M. (2010). Children's Gestures from 18 to 30 Months. Travaux de l'Institut de Linguistique de Lund, 50. Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University. Dissertation.
Administrative
- Manager of Research and Research Education at Cognitive Semiotics
- Member, Board of Section 1, Centre for Languages and Literature
Teaching
- LINA24, Linguistics: Level 2
- LINC04, Linguistics: Semantics and Pragmatics
- LINC11, Linguistics: Speech Acoustics, Perception and Prosody
- SPVM06, Language and Linguistics: Methods in Linguistics
- SPVR01, Language and Linguistics: Degree Project - Master's (Two Years) Thesis
- SPVR02, Language and Linguistics: Degree Project: Master's (One Year) Thesis

Professor, Manager of Research and Research Education
- Cognitive Semiotics
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Master’s Programme Coordinator
- Centre for Languages and Literature
Contact information
E-mail jordan.zlatevling.luse
Phone +46 46 222 84 41
Room SOL:H405b
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 20