THE INTERFACES BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND EMOTION:
THE CASE OF MIXED EMOTIONS
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https://doi.org/10.9771/ell.v0i78.55523Keywords:
Language; Mixed Emotions; Social CognitionAbstract
This paper addresses the issue of mixed emotions and their relation with language. The main goal is to analyze the characteristics of works carried out on the phenomenon and the linguistic issues related to it. A mixed emotion is an emotional state that comprises two different emotions, such as feeling happy and sad at the same time. The theoretical perspective adopted is based on Damásio (2018), de Waal (2021), Foolen (2016), Larsen et al. (2001) and Vaccaro et al. (2020). Methodologically, we carried out a bibliographic survey on research on mixed emotions in the last 30 years. Findings indicate that: there are different stimuli and tasks used in the field; the most researched age range is between 4 and 11 years old; the most investigated emotional blend is “happy and sad”; the words “happy” and “sad” are more frequent than linguistic blends.
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