Universal #2027
Legacy number: 2027
| Number | 2021 |
| Original | (i) In all languages, people can describe cognitively based feelings via observable bodily "symptoms" (that is, via some bodily events regarded as characteristic of these feelings). (ii) In all languages, cognitively based feelings can be described with reference to bodily sensations, general or localized. (iii) In all languages, cognitively based feelings can be described via figurative "bodily images" (referring to imaginary events and processes taking place inside the body). |
| Standardized | (i) Cognitively based feelings can be described via observable bodily "symptoms" (that is, via some bodily events regarded as characteristic of these feelings). (ii) In all languages, cognitively based feelings can be described with reference to bodily sensations, general or localized. (iii) In all languages, cognitively based feelings can be described via figurative "bodily images" (referring to imaginary events and processes taking place inside the body). |
| Keywords | emotion, sensation, cognition, body, metaphor |
| Domain | semantics |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | "working hypothesis ... on evidence gleaned from both cross-linguistic and cross-cultural studies" |
| Source | Wierzbicka 1999: 276, 294-302 |
Discussion
Notes
Cf. the generalization in #2029.
Comment
Cf. the generalization in <a class="innerLink" href="browse.php?entry_id=2029"><img src="../img/entry.gif" border="0">.
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