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Chapter 8. Looking at ‘unexpectedness’

A corpus-based cognitive analysis of surprise & wonder
  • Anne Jugnet und Emilie Lhôte
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Surprise at the Intersection of Phenomenology and Linguistics
Ein Kapitel aus dem Buch Surprise at the Intersection of Phenomenology and Linguistics

Abstract

The nouns surprise and wonder have often been included in the subclass of potentially polysemous psych nouns, which can denote a psychological state and have a derived source reading. Our corpus-based analysis leads us to conclude that these nouns tend to refer to sources of surprise, and as such could rather be termed “source nouns” instead. First, we show that a metonymic link can be established between the primary source sense and the derived state sense of the nouns. We argue that this reversed link can be re-analysed as involving a synecdoche. We then look at the discourse functions of these nouns, notably at their role as “shell nouns”, which confirms our analysis of these nouns as characterizing sources of surprise.

Abstract

The nouns surprise and wonder have often been included in the subclass of potentially polysemous psych nouns, which can denote a psychological state and have a derived source reading. Our corpus-based analysis leads us to conclude that these nouns tend to refer to sources of surprise, and as such could rather be termed “source nouns” instead. First, we show that a metonymic link can be established between the primary source sense and the derived state sense of the nouns. We argue that this reversed link can be re-analysed as involving a synecdoche. We then look at the discourse functions of these nouns, notably at their role as “shell nouns”, which confirms our analysis of these nouns as characterizing sources of surprise.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. The temporality of surprise
  5. Chapter 1. Neurophenomenology of surprise 9
  6. Chapter 2. Shock, twofold dynamics, cascade 23
  7. Chapter 3. The representation of surprise in English and the retroactive construction of possible paths 43
  8. Part II. Verbal interaction and action
  9. Chapter 4. Encoding surprise in English novels 59
  10. Chapter 5. How implicit is surprise? 77
  11. Chapter 6. Surprise in native, bilingual and non-native spontaneous and stimulated recall speech 91
  12. Part III. Emotional experience, expression and description
  13. Chapter 7. Interrogatives in surprise contexts in English 117
  14. Chapter 8. Looking at ‘unexpectedness’ 139
  15. Chapter 9. Is surprise necessarily disappointing? 171
  16. Index 181
https://doi.org/10.1075/ceb.11.08jug

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I. The temporality of surprise
  5. Chapter 1. Neurophenomenology of surprise 9
  6. Chapter 2. Shock, twofold dynamics, cascade 23
  7. Chapter 3. The representation of surprise in English and the retroactive construction of possible paths 43
  8. Part II. Verbal interaction and action
  9. Chapter 4. Encoding surprise in English novels 59
  10. Chapter 5. How implicit is surprise? 77
  11. Chapter 6. Surprise in native, bilingual and non-native spontaneous and stimulated recall speech 91
  12. Part III. Emotional experience, expression and description
  13. Chapter 7. Interrogatives in surprise contexts in English 117
  14. Chapter 8. Looking at ‘unexpectedness’ 139
  15. Chapter 9. Is surprise necessarily disappointing? 171
  16. Index 181
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