It also appears that the main universal mode for describing cognitively based feelings is in terms of a comparison, that is, via LIKE, and that in this, the main human strategy for talking about feelings is analogous to the main human strategy for talking about colours.
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The main universal mode for describing cognitively based feelings is in terms of a comparison, that is, via LIKE, and in this, the main human strategy for talking about feelings is analogous to the main human strategy for talking about colours.
Keywords
emotion, sensation, cognition, colour, metaphor
Domain
lexicon
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute?
Basis
“working hypothesis … on evidence gleaned from both cross-linguistic and cross-cultural studies”
