The cognitive definition as a tool for describing negative emotions in the Russian and Ukrainian languages (on the example of fear) Cover Image

Definicja kognitywna jako narzędzie opisu emocji negatywnych w językach rosyjskim i ukraińskim (na przykładzie emocji strachu)
The cognitive definition as a tool for describing negative emotions in the Russian and Ukrainian languages (on the example of fear)

Author(s): Łukasz Małecki
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Cognitive linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: cognitive definition; negative emotions; fear; Russian language; Ukrainian language;

Summary/Abstract: Emotions in human consciousness take form of emotional concepts, described by means of such features as traditions, customs, special stereotypes of thinking, behavior models, etc. The present article attempts to analyse the linguistic realization of the concept of „fear” in Russian and Ukrainian languages. The language analyze is based on the purposes of the cognitive definition.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: XXI
  • Page Range: 39-49
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish