Language means realizing the prototypical situation of expressing basic emotions in English

DOI

10.2991/ismge-19.2019.43How to use a DOI?

Keywords

semantics; prototypical situation; basic emotions; prototypical means; non-prototypical constructions; blend

Abstract

This article is devoted to research on the semantics of four basic emotions (joy, surprise, sadness, anger) being verbalized in the context of the prototype theory and conceptual integration theory. A prototypical situation of expressing emotions can be distinguished which further makes it possible to determine both prototypical and non-prototypical means to verbalize this prototypical situation. Predicates which can indicate emotions in their semantics (to surprise, to be happy, to be angry/to hate, to be sad) are considered to be prototypical means verbalizing emotions. Non-prototypical means are those lexemes and grammatical constructions which, in their semantics, inherently do not have meanings to convey emotions. The article also deals with the non-prototypical constructions – blends which can both categorize the basic human emotions and combine the elements of constructions specific to other situations reflecting the real world. In blends all the parts of the sentence make an equal contribution to its meaning and, consequently, jointly categorize the situation, which is indicative of a holistic approach to the subject under consideration.

Copyright

© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

Download article (PDF)

TY  - CONF
AU  - Tatiana Gorbunova
AU  - Elena Poskachina
AU  - Lena Zamorshchikova
PY  - 2019/07
DA  - 2019/07
TI  - Language means realizing the prototypical situation of expressing basic emotions in English
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Scientific Practical Conference "The Individual and Society in the Modern Geopolitical Environment" (ISMGE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 221
EP  - 225
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ismge-19.2019.43
DO  - 10.2991/ismge-19.2019.43
ID  - Gorbunova2019/07
ER  -