Tag: (E) viha

(2019) Finnish — Emotions


Tissari, Heli, Vanhatalo, Ulla. & Siiroinen, Mari. (2019). From corpus-assisted to corpus-driven NSM explications: The case of Finnish viha (anger, hate). In Lege artis. Language yesterday, today, tomorrow. The Journal of University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. Trnava: University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, 2019, IV (1), June 2019, p. 290-334. ISSN 2453-8035

 

Abstract:

NSM researchers have not used corpus data very systematically thus far. One could talk about corpus-assisted rather than corpus-based or corpus-driven research. This article suggests a way to not only base research on corpus data, but also to let it guide us in defining words in terms of NSM. It presents a new method, which we have developed. Our data come from the Suomi24 Sentences Corpus and concerns the Finnish emotion words viha (‘anger, hate’), vihata (‘to hate’) and vihainen (‘angry’).


Research carried out by one or more experienced NSM practitioners

(2005) Finnish – Emotions


Tuovila, Seija (2005). Kun on tunteet: Suomen kielen tunnesanojen semantiikkaa [Such emotions: The semantics of emotion words in the Finnish language]. Oulu: Oulu University Press.

Open access

Abstract:

This study focuses on the semantics of Finnish emotion words (i.e. words comparable to English terms such as joy and anger). Male and female conceptual frameworks for emotions are compared, as well as those of different age groups. Both a qualitative and a quantitative analysis are carried out; the data consist of the written responses of a hundred Finns to a questionnaire item that asked them to name various emotions.

The cognitively most important emotion words for Finns are found to be: viha, ilo, rakkaus, suru, pelko, onnellisuus, kateus, ahdistus, väsymys, masennus, tuska, ihastus, tyytyväisyys, inho, jännitys, pettymys, kaipaus, rauhallisuus, ikävä, and toivo. According to the study, the emotions with the highest frequency of expression in the Finnish language are hatred, joy, love and sorrow. Women are found to have more words for emotions than men. The emotion vocabulary includes more negative words than positive ones. The findings suggest that the Finns think more often good of other people than bad, and more often bad of themselves than good.

The explications given for the 51 most commonly used emotion words are based on principles developed within the NSM approach. The main semantic categories for emotion words are as follows: “Something good happened or will happen”, “Something bad happened or will happen”, “I want”, “I don’t want”, “I think something about myself”, “I think something about others”, “I know / don’t know”. The precise semantic contents of emotion words is explained in terms of prototypical scenarios.

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Written in Finnish.

Rating:


Sound application of NSM principles carried out without prior training by an experienced NSM practitioner