Abstract
The current study addresses the nature of the relation between perceptual, cognitive, emotional processes, and linguistic experience within the observer framework. As an extension of the already conducted investigations into the semiotics of the sensible, the conceptual triad SENSE : FEELING : EMOTION is introduced. The study argues that the ternion in question is a component of human expressivity constituting the semiotic space of the thymic category. The synergism of cognitive-semantic characteristics of the three concepts under study corresponds to the basic level of categorisation in modern English. More significantly, the aim of the analysis is to consider the valency models of the names of the conceptual triad SENSE : FEELING : EMOTION as well as their collocability potential. The present paper highlights that the structures of predicate valency of conceptual dependencies FEELING → SENSE (the valency index equals 0,38) outnumber the analogous structures FEELING → EMOTION (the valency index equals 0,24). The structures of object valency of the combinations FEELING → EMOTION (the valency index is 0,9) prevail over the combinations SENSE → FEELING (with the valency index of 0,1). The data obtained confirm the idea that the correlation between observer and observable is twofold: cognitive-perceptual correlation denotes the observer’s outward perspective, whereas cognitive-emotional correlation denotes the observer’s inward perspective.
Highlights
The traditional issues of linguistics are being reinterpreted with regard to the representation of linguistic knowledge by means of language as a semiotic system when cognitive-semantic description of language units and their discourse analysis are prioritised
Overall, the thymic sphere may not be subjected to direct observation, though the emotional states make the exception being viewed as ―publicly observable‖ by Damasio (1999), while cognitive-perceptual states are designated by this scholar as ―private, mental experience‖ (p. 38)
It may seem immediately obvious that the thymic category as a model of knowledge about diverse facets of perception correlates with the model of knowledge fixated in the modern English patterns, i.e. with the lexeme perceiving
Summary
The traditional issues of linguistics are being reinterpreted with regard to the representation of linguistic knowledge by means of language as a semiotic system when cognitive-semantic description of language units and their discourse analysis are prioritised. Greimas & Fontanille were interested in studying language and discourse manifestation of the so-called thymic category (from the Greek word thymus meaning ―related to passions and emotions within the entire physical structure of human organism‖ (p.13). The thymic category is interpreted as the verbal form of cognitive activity of a linguistic persona who is classifying the conceptual structures denoting perceptual, emotional as well as cognitive facets of perception. Taking into consideration the fact that people use basic-level concepts regularly (Bickerton, 1990; Rosch & Lloyd, 1978), it is predicted that thymic category members can be selected, given that these category members are yielding information on the semantics of perception in the elementary concepts of modern English. Our goal is to extend previous research in the area by (a) gaining more clarity regarding the semiotic structure of the thymic category in modern English and (b) examining collocability patterns of the members of the thymic category
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