Levels of Meaning, Embodiment, and Communication

1. Introduction The ways in which the (human) body shapes meaning and thought, and the various roles it plays in communication, have received a great deal of attention during the last few decades. However, behind the slogan-like notion of the " embodied mind " lie a plethora of different concepts and theoretical frameworks, and the extent to which they are mutually compatible remains unclear (cf. Ziemke, Zlatev and Frank 2007; Krois et al. 2007).