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Melting intestines, red hearts, and scattering eyes: exploring embodiment in the Efik feeling lexica

Abstract
Abstract Languages feature labels used to name various feeling states, referred to as emotion lexica. Language-specific linguistic features patterned after culturally-shaped templates such as somatic referencing, make each emotion lexicon unique. This study investigates somatic referencing in the emotion lexicon of the Efik ethnolinguistic group obtained through ethnographic linguistic fieldwork i...
Keywords
Lexicon
Feeling
Scripting language
Variety (cybernetics)
Linguistics
Psychology
Expression (computer science)
Communication
Computer science
Social psychology
Artificial intelligence
Philosophy
Programming language
Operating system
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Quality education



Melting intestines, red hearts, and scattering eyes: exploring embodiment in the Efik feeling lexica

Melting intestines, red hearts, and scattering eyes: exploring embodiment in the Efik feeling lexica

Abstract
Abstract Languages feature labels used to name various feeling states, referred to as emotion lexica. Language-specific linguistic features patterned after culturally-shaped templates such as somatic referencing, make each emotion lexicon unique. This study investigates somatic referencing in the emotion lexicon of the Efik ethnolinguistic group obtained through ethnographic linguistic fieldwork i...
Keywords
Lexicon
Feeling
Scripting language
Variety (cybernetics)
Linguistics
Psychology
Expression (computer science)
Communication
Computer science
Social psychology
Artificial intelligence
Philosophy
Programming language
Operating system
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Quality education