Typological Analysis of Emotion Metaphors in Belarusian and English

Abstract

The article provides typological and contrastive analysis of emotion metaphors in Belarusian and English. Metaphorical representation of emotions is implemented by conventional and novel metaphors which name different emotions and describe their duration, intensity, quality, and orientation features. Specifi c features of emotion metaphors are determined by linguistic and extra-linguistic factors. For Belarusian it is common to approve of greater intimacy between interlocutors and to identify a feeling or emotion with a person. English metaphors reveal the tendency to disapprove of excessive expression of feelings and to distance emotional experience.