Universal #2028

Legacy number: 2028

 Number  2022
 Original  In all languages, there are alternative grammatical constructions for describing (and interpreting) cognitively based feelings, conceptualizing "emotions" as "involuntary" or as "uncontrollable", or as "overwhelming" and "irresistible", or as "active" and in some sense "voluntary", and so on.
 Standardized  There are alternative grammatical constructions for describing (and interpreting) cognitively based feelings, conceptualizing "emotions" as "involuntary" or as "uncontrollable", or as "overwhelming" and "irresistible", or as "active" and in some sense "voluntary", and so on.
 Keywords  cognition, sensation, emotion, synonymy
 Domain  syntax, 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, 302-304

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Discussion
Notes
e.g. static vs. dynamic emotion terms (adjective vs. verb).
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
e.g. static vs. dynamic emotion terms (adjective vs. verb).