Universal #2021
Legacy number: 2021
| Number | 2015 |
| Original | All languages have a word for FEEL, undifferentiated between "bodily feelings" (sensations) and "cognitively based" feelings ("emotions"), and distinct from THINK. |
| Standardized | There is a word for FEELING (verb, adjective, or noun), undifferentiated between "bodily feelings" (sensations) and "cognitively based" feelings ("emotions"), and distinct from THINKING. |
| Keywords | sensation, emotion, cognition, word class |
| Domain | lexicon |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | "working hypothesis ... on evidence gleaned from both cross-linguistic and cross-cultural studies" |
| Source | Wierzbicka 1999: 275-279 |
Discussion
Notes
There is a very common pattern of polysemy linking FEEL with 'liver', 'insides', or 'stomach'.
Comment
There is a very common pattern of polysemy linking FEEL with 'liver', 'insides', or 'stomach'.
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