Alexandra Aikhenvald (PhD 1984, DLitt 2006), James Cook University, is Distinguished Professor and Australian Laureate Fellow. She published numerous articels and monographs on languages of Papua New Guinea and South America, and on perception and cognition, including Evidentiality (Oxford University Press, 2004) and Languages of the Amazon (Oxford University Press, 2012).Anne Storch (PhD 1999), University of Cologne, is Full Professor of African Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cologne. She published on various languages of West and East-Central Africa and on African speech registers, including Secret Manipulations (Oxford University Press, 2011). Her book on Repertoires and Choices in African Languages, co-authored by Friederike Lüpke, is in print. Contributors include Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Anne Storch; Christa König; Willem F.H. Adelaar, Lourens de Vries, Matthias Brenzinger, Anne Maria Fehn, Angelika Jakobi, El-Shafie El-Guzuuli, Gertrud Schneider-Blum, Gerrit J. Dimmendaal, and Marilena Thanassoula.

"This book is an important contribution to deeper understanding of the linguistic expression of sensory perception and its correlation with cognition and culture. It brings fresh and diverse questions and approaches that in due time will help refine and expand previous research." – Thiago Costa Chacon, University of California, Santa Barbara, on Linguist List

• List of tables, maps and figuresPrefaceAbbreviations1. Linguistic expression of perception and cognition: a typological glimpseAlexandra Y. Aikhenvald and Anne Storch2. Knowing, smelling and telling tales in LuwoAnne Storch3. Source of information and unexpected information in !Xun — evidential, mirative and counterexpectation markersChrista König4. A Quechuan mirative?Willem F.H. Adelaar5. Seeing, hearing and thinking in Korowai, a language of West PapuaLourens de Vries6. Perception and cognition in Manambu, a Papuan language from New GuineaAlexandra Y. Aikhenvald7. From body to knowledge: perception and cognition in Khwe-||Ani (Central Khoisan)Matthias Brenzinger and Anne Maria Fehn8. Perception verbs and their semantics in Dongolawi (Nile Nubian)Angelika Jakobi and El-Shafie El-Guzuuli9. Excite your senses — glances into the field of perception and cognition in TimaGertrud Schneider-Blum and Gerrit J. Dimmendaal10. Perception in Lussese (Bantu, J10)Marilena ThanassoulaAuthor indexLanguage indexSubject index