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.
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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”
e.g. static vs. dynamic emotion terms (adjective vs. verb).