The language of mental pain: feel like, feel as if
In this article, I am interested in the relationship between the experience of mental pain, the sensations and emotions it engenders and its verbal representations in autobiographical writings. I have attempted to provide an account of the verbalization of mental pain by analyzing the constructions...
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3
2019-03-01
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| description | In this article, I am interested in the relationship between the experience of mental pain, the sensations and emotions it engenders and its verbal representations in autobiographical writings. I have attempted to provide an account of the verbalization of mental pain by analyzing the constructions feel like + NP, feel like / as if + propositional content. These constructions enable the subject to represent his or her experience in terms of an irreal experience and, by mobilizing a comparison, to highlight an important aspect of mental pain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b60acaec1d44d0ab0cb5facb688f1502022-12-22T01:54:25ZengUniversité Jean Moulin - Lyon 3Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology1951-62152019-03-011310.4000/lexis.2639The language of mental pain: feel like, feel as ifCatherine PaulinIn this article, I am interested in the relationship between the experience of mental pain, the sensations and emotions it engenders and its verbal representations in autobiographical writings. I have attempted to provide an account of the verbalization of mental pain by analyzing the constructions feel like + NP, feel like / as if + propositional content. These constructions enable the subject to represent his or her experience in terms of an irreal experience and, by mobilizing a comparison, to highlight an important aspect of mental pain.http://journals.openedition.org/lexis/2639experience of mental painverbal dimension of mental painperceptsfeelingsemotionsfeel |
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| title | The language of mental pain: feel like, feel as if |
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