Universal #2022

Legacy number: 2022

 Number  2016
 Original  In all languages, some feelings can be described as "good" and some as "bad" (while some may be viewed as neither "good" nor "bad").
 Standardized  Some feelings can be described as "good" and some as "bad" (while some may be viewed as neither "good" nor "bad").
 Keywords  sensation, emotion
 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, 279-282

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emotion terms which do not imply an evaluation in English: surprise, amazement
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Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
emotion terms which do not imply an evaluation in English: surprise, amazement