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Metaphor as Resource for the Conceptualisation and Expression of Emotion

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Affective Computing and Sentiment Analysis

Part of the book series: Text, Speech and Language Technology ((TLTB,volume 45))

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This paper addresses one of the workshop’s themes namely that ‘an understanding of how emotion is expressed and perceived in language is not complete without addressing the role of figurative language and metaphor as basic scaffolding or tool for modulating affective text content.’ It falls into two overlapping halves: the metaphorical perception or construction of emotion in English; and the metaphorical expression of emotion. Data is taken from a lexical database of metaphors, and gives an overview and selected examples of metaphor themes’ contribution to the construction and expression of emotion.

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    The research was funded by the Research Grants Council Hong Kong SAR, reference LC3001/99H.

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    http://www.ln.edu.hk/lle/cwd03/lnproject_chi/home.html. User id: 〈user〉, password: 〈edumet6〉.

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  1. Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong

    Andrew Goatly

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

    Khurshid Ahmad

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Goatly, A. (2011). Metaphor as Resource for the Conceptualisation and Expression of Emotion. In: Ahmad, K. (eds) Affective Computing and Sentiment Analysis. Text, Speech and Language Technology, vol 45. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1757-2_2

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