Linguocultorological reasons for the different levels of somatization of sadness in languages of the world
Considering their important role in human life the study of emotions is of great interest for linguistic science. This article is dedicated to the analysis of the phenomenon of somatization of sadness and the explanation of differences in the levels of such somatization as reflected in language....
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| description | Considering their important role in human life the study of emotions is of great interest for linguistic science. This article is dedicated to the analysis of the phenomenon of somatization of sadness and the explanation of differences in the levels of such somatization as reflected in language.
The analysis of literature has shown that expression of sadness with the help of somatic expressions is particularly prevalent in African, South-East Asian and Australian languages. Organs that are most often associated with emotions are the heart, liver and stomach and interoception plays a great role in creating an association between an organ and an emotion. With its help a person becomes aware of the physical changes taking place inside their body, which can be caused in particular by emotions. It was established that certain associations between organs and emotions come to exist due to “somatic bridges” while others form because of “semantic shift”. It was found that the frequency of the use of somatic expressions that express emotions was reduced in English during the industrialization and that similar changes are taking place today in Chinese.
In order to explain the differences in the level of somatization it is useful to turn to the triadic structure of concepts, in accordance to which the concept “sadness” has an experiential side (an interoceptive characterization of the emotion), a notional side (a definition, verbal representation etc.) and an evaluative side. It is hypothesized that an important role of somatic expression in the expression of sadness points to the importance of the experiential side while the use of abstract words is indicative of the notional side being important. The fact that the experiential side of a concept is considered to predate the notional side explains the direction of the diachronic change from stronger somatization of emotions towards their expression with the help of more abstract notions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-04636e27c1c14218b856a7117d3e5bc92025-01-10T11:17:27ZengV. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityВісник Харківського національного університету імені В. Н. Каразіна. Серія Філологія. Vìsnik Harkìvsʹkogo nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu ìmenì V.N. Karazìna. Serìâ Fìlologìâ.2227-18642024-06-0194576210.26565/2227-1864-2024-94-0923760Linguocultorological reasons for the different levels of somatization of sadness in languages of the worldEleonora Girina0V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityConsidering their important role in human life the study of emotions is of great interest for linguistic science. This article is dedicated to the analysis of the phenomenon of somatization of sadness and the explanation of differences in the levels of such somatization as reflected in language. The analysis of literature has shown that expression of sadness with the help of somatic expressions is particularly prevalent in African, South-East Asian and Australian languages. Organs that are most often associated with emotions are the heart, liver and stomach and interoception plays a great role in creating an association between an organ and an emotion. With its help a person becomes aware of the physical changes taking place inside their body, which can be caused in particular by emotions. It was established that certain associations between organs and emotions come to exist due to “somatic bridges” while others form because of “semantic shift”. It was found that the frequency of the use of somatic expressions that express emotions was reduced in English during the industrialization and that similar changes are taking place today in Chinese. In order to explain the differences in the level of somatization it is useful to turn to the triadic structure of concepts, in accordance to which the concept “sadness” has an experiential side (an interoceptive characterization of the emotion), a notional side (a definition, verbal representation etc.) and an evaluative side. It is hypothesized that an important role of somatic expression in the expression of sadness points to the importance of the experiential side while the use of abstract words is indicative of the notional side being important. The fact that the experiential side of a concept is considered to predate the notional side explains the direction of the diachronic change from stronger somatization of emotions towards their expression with the help of more abstract notions.https://periodicals.karazin.ua/philology/article/view/23760expression of emotionsexpression of sadnessconceptinteroceptionsomatic expressionspsi-collocations |
| spellingShingle | Eleonora Girina Linguocultorological reasons for the different levels of somatization of sadness in languages of the world Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В. Н. Каразіна. Серія Філологія. Vìsnik Harkìvsʹkogo nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu ìmenì V.N. Karazìna. Serìâ Fìlologìâ. expression of emotions expression of sadness concept interoception somatic expressions psi-collocations |
| title | Linguocultorological reasons for the different levels of somatization of sadness in languages of the world |
| title_full | Linguocultorological reasons for the different levels of somatization of sadness in languages of the world |
| title_fullStr | Linguocultorological reasons for the different levels of somatization of sadness in languages of the world |
| title_full_unstemmed | Linguocultorological reasons for the different levels of somatization of sadness in languages of the world |
| title_short | Linguocultorological reasons for the different levels of somatization of sadness in languages of the world |
| title_sort | linguocultorological reasons for the different levels of somatization of sadness in languages of the world |
| topic | expression of emotions expression of sadness concept interoception somatic expressions psi-collocations |
| url | https://periodicals.karazin.ua/philology/article/view/23760 |
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