Vocabulary of Shame, Laughter and Crying (From the Kyok Asaba Novel by T. Sydykbekov)

Abstract

The article discusses the lexico-semantic groups of emotive words expressing shame, laughter and crying. Such words convey not the experience of the emotional state, but its manifestation. At the same time, the concepts of positivity and negativity are ambiguous. So, crying can be directed to a positive outcome, and the emotion of the subject receiving pleasure (mockery) can be negative. Therefore, such vocabulary applies to the emotive means of neutral significance. The emotions of shame and anxiety differ both externally and internally. Feeling awkward, a person looks away, turns away, or lowers his head. A one-time smile, a peek at the object distinguishes the emotion of shame. Shame is usually aimed at the future, warns of the danger of shame. Awkwardness is caused by a feeling of inconsistency with certain requirements or circumstances. Groups of words denoting emotional and ethical evaluation are linguistic means expressing such emotions as shame, anxiety, embarrassment, guilt, grief, and embrace a negative assessment of morality in the semantics of the actions of the subject and the people around him. In other words, lexemes of such meaning express all unpleasant emotions in a person’s wrong actions, ranging from common social shame to deep ethical regret.