Programme 78. Studentische Tagung Sprachwissenschaft

Earlier this year, I have conducted a survey in the Cochabamba region of Bolivia to study the concept of pain. The aim of this survey was to explore and compare how the urban population of the city of Cochabamba and the rural population from different towns throughout the Cochabamba region talk about and express painful sensations. In this talk, I will present the theoretical background and methods only, as the data processing part is still ongoing.

Earlier this year, I have conducted a survey in the Cochabamba region of Bolivia to study pain expressions. The aim of this survey was to explore and compare how the urban population of the city of Cochabamba (primarily monolingual Spanish speakers) and the rural population from different towns throughout the Cochabamba region (primarily bilingual Quechua and Spanish speakers, some monolingual Quechua) talk about and express the concept of pain. To do so, I have employed a mixed-methods study design, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches, to gain a more holistic viewpoint of the phenomenon.
For the qualitative part I have conducted interviews with 12 monolingual and bilingual Bolivian health professionals and 7 native Quechua speakers living in rural Cochabamba about how they view in the concept of pain in their respective cultures and whether they noticed any difference between the two.
For the quantitative part I conducted a psycholinguistic survey with 17 bilingual and monolingual Quechua speakers living in rural Cochabamba to affective word ratings on a selection of 30 Quechua words indirectly or directly related to pain. For the Spanish data, I plan to conduct an online survey.
For all the parts involving native Quechua speakers I have collaborated with two linguists from the San Simon University of Cochabamba who are both native speakers of Quechua.
In this talk, I will focus mostly on the study design and data collection procedure. I will be able to present preliminary results on the qualitative part only, as the rest is still ongoing.

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Jour: 2025-11-14
Début: 15:30
Durée: 00:30
Salle: M17.23
Fil: Neuro- and Psycholinguistics
Langue: en

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