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Joshua Shapero

Lecturing Fellow in the Department of Romance Studies
Romance Studies

Selected Publications


“Language and the Andean Environment.”

Chapter · March 27, 2025 This volume presents the most comprehensive overview in English of the languages of the Central Andes, spoken primarily in Peru and Bolivia. ... Cite

Does Environmental Experience Shape Spatial Cognition? Frames of Reference Among Ancash Quechua Speakers (Peru)

Journal Article Cognitive Science · July 2017 AbstractPrevious studies have shown that language contributes to humans' ability to orient using landmarks and shapes their use of frames of reference (FoRs) for memory. However, the role of environmental experience in shap ... Full text Cite

"El Pinkuyllu y la María Angola: sonido, socialidad y espacio en Los Ríos Profundos.”

Chapter · 2015 "El presente volumen reâune trabajos presentados en el simposio 'Antropologâia auditiva: el rol del sonido en las ontologâias indâigenas,' que fue llevado a cabo en el 54 Congreso Internacional de Americanistas (Viena 2012)..."--Page ... Cite

"Gestures in Native South America: Ancash Quechua.”

Chapter · October 29, 2014 Volume II of the handbook offers a unique collection of exemplary case studies. In five chapters and 99 articles it presents the state of the art on how body movements are used for communication around the world. ... Cite