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Metaphors of Happiness in English and Russian

Andrea Csillag
Andrea Csillag
   | Dec 30, 2016
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Published Online: Dec 30, 2016
Page range: 91 - 98
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0012
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According to Ekman et al. (1972), happiness is one of the six universal basic human emotions. Kövecses (2000) claims that certain aspects of the conceptualization of emotions are universal or nearuniversal. The paper compares linguistic expressions to discuss the question of the universality of the emotion happiness and its metaphors in English and Russian.

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Linguistics and Semiotics, Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines, Linguistics, other, Germanic Languages, English
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