Let's Get Physical!-On the Zoosemiotics of Corporeality

摘要

The article addresses the topics of body and corporeality within zoosemiotics, particularly in the light of the discussion on the mind-body dualism. The thesis defended is that of the continuity between the two dimensions, and therefore of the lack of a proper "dualism". The arguments provided in support of this statement include methodological questions such as the etic-emic debate, and theoretical issues of interdisciplinary type, such as contributions from phenomenology and ethology. Specific examples and case-studies are borrowed from the field of zoomusicology.