Feeling through your chest
| Autor: | James Bednall |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Linguistics and Language
Metonymy General Computer Science media_common.quotation_subject Lexicon Literal and figurative language Language and Linguistics Linguistics Expression (mathematics) Behavioral Neuroscience History and Philosophy of Science Feeling Morpheme Literal (computer programming) Psychology Relation (history of concept) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Pragmatics and Cognition. 27:139-183 |
| ISSN: | 1569-9943 0929-0907 |
| DOI: | 10.1075/pc.00013.bed |
| Popis: | This article explores the expression and conceptualisation of emotions in Anindilyakwa (Gunwinyguan, north-east Arnhem Land). Fundamental to the emotional lexicon of this language is the widespread use of body parts, which frequently occur in figurative expressions. In this article I examine the primary body parts that occur in emotion descriptions in both literal (physical) and figurative expressions. Particular attention is given to yukudhukudha / -werrik- ‘chest’, the body part conceptualised as the primary site of emotion in Anindilyakwa and the most productive body-related morpheme used in emotion compounds. I consider the role of the chest and other productive body parts that occur in emotion compounds, and examine the metonymic and metaphorical devices that contribute to the expression of these emotional states. In doing so, I propose a number of overarching and widespread tropes that hold across different body-part compounds, and briefly contextualise these in relation to the emotion description systems of other closely-related (Gunwinyguan) languages. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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