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Patterns of allocentric emotional expressions, a contrastive study*

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to propose a detailed analysis of allocentric emotional expressions (AEE) like I am happy for you; She worries for him in English, French, Romanian and Russian. Joy, sadness, fear, and shame are the four emotional domains concerned by these constructions. The formal description of the AEE pattern within the frame of Construction Grammar is followed by a corpus-based study that highlights its semantic profile and pragmatic use. From a contrastive point of view, this pattern seems to obey the same constructionist constraints and to develop similar pragmatic functioning in the four languages, even though cultural and linguistic differences may be noted. Finally, this research questions the relationship between the pattern and the emotion-terms it selects, between constructions and cultural specificities.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to propose a detailed analysis of allocentric emotional expressions (AEE) like I am happy for you; She worries for him in English, French, Romanian and Russian. Joy, sadness, fear, and shame are the four emotional domains concerned by these constructions. The formal description of the AEE pattern within the frame of Construction Grammar is followed by a corpus-based study that highlights its semantic profile and pragmatic use. From a contrastive point of view, this pattern seems to obey the same constructionist constraints and to develop similar pragmatic functioning in the four languages, even though cultural and linguistic differences may be noted. Finally, this research questions the relationship between the pattern and the emotion-terms it selects, between constructions and cultural specificities.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Linguistic approaches to emotion in context 1
  4. Part I. Emotion, philosophy and language
  5. Emotions 21
  6. Passion, a forgotten feeling 39
  7. Part II. Expressing and interpreting emotion
  8. On “Disgust” 73
  9. A corpus-based construction of emotion verb scales 99
  10. Patterns of allocentric emotional expressions, a contrastive study* 113
  11. The expression of emotions in conditionals 137
  12. Conceptual metaphors of anger in popularized scientific texts 159
  13. Bad feelings in context 189
  14. Part III. Doing emotion
  15. Emotions and prosodic structure 215
  16. Prosody and emotion in Greek 231
  17. Cross-cultural perception of some Japanese politeness and impoliteness expressions* 251
  18. Part IV. Pragmatic use of emotion
  19. Verbal aggressiveness or cooperative support? 279
  20. ‘I must do everything to eliminate my negative attitude’ 309
  21. Language learning and making the mundane special 331
  22. Name index 347
  23. Subject index 355
Linguistic Approaches to Emotions in Context
This chapter is in the book Linguistic Approaches to Emotions in Context
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.241.08cis

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Linguistic approaches to emotion in context 1
  4. Part I. Emotion, philosophy and language
  5. Emotions 21
  6. Passion, a forgotten feeling 39
  7. Part II. Expressing and interpreting emotion
  8. On “Disgust” 73
  9. A corpus-based construction of emotion verb scales 99
  10. Patterns of allocentric emotional expressions, a contrastive study* 113
  11. The expression of emotions in conditionals 137
  12. Conceptual metaphors of anger in popularized scientific texts 159
  13. Bad feelings in context 189
  14. Part III. Doing emotion
  15. Emotions and prosodic structure 215
  16. Prosody and emotion in Greek 231
  17. Cross-cultural perception of some Japanese politeness and impoliteness expressions* 251
  18. Part IV. Pragmatic use of emotion
  19. Verbal aggressiveness or cooperative support? 279
  20. ‘I must do everything to eliminate my negative attitude’ 309
  21. Language learning and making the mundane special 331
  22. Name index 347
  23. Subject index 355
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