메를로-퐁티의 현상학(2): 언어적 몸짓에서 본 댄스스포츠

Abstract

This study focuses on the linguistic phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's (1908-1961), specifically on the meaning of language and its bodily expression, the perceived body and gestural language. By applying the depth of his discussion on the bodily expressive capacity of language to dance sport as seen in linguistic gestures, it is possible to rediscover the uniqueness of the body schemata of male and female couple subjects and their gestural language of male and female couples. This means that the interaction of male-female couples follows a pre-determined path through the medium of a gestural language system, and in particular, that path is a logical extension of the Merleau-Ponty language. In conclusion, verbal gestures encompass the sporting, artistic, and emotional aspects that make dance sport possible. They play a key role in the non-verbal communication between men and women to fulfill their roles, balance their physical movements, and express the emotions of the dance. Ultimately, we can see that gestures in dance sport are much more than just the unique male-female couples' movements in each of the 10 sports; they are an important means of conveying meaning and expressing emotions through non-verbal gestures. Finally, as a work of art, dance sport is a new approach to elucidating from linguistic gestures, a semiotic orientation that is a logical extension of Merleau-Ponty's language.