LINGUOCOGNITIVE APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF EMOTIONS IN 20TH-CENTURY ENGLISH FICTION
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The study of emotions within linguistics has undergone a significant transformation with the emergence of linguocognitive approaches, which conceptualize emotions as structured mental categories shaped by language, embodiment, and cultural experience. This article examines the theoretical foundations of linguocognitive approaches to emotion and their application to twentieth-century English fiction. Drawing on cognitive linguistics, psychology, pragmatics, and narrative theory, the research explores how emotions are constructed through conceptual metaphor, metonymy, embodiment, and discourse strategies. The findings demonstrate that emotional meaning in literary texts emerges from the interaction of cognitive models, linguistic structures, and cultural frameworks. Twentieth-century English novels, characterized by psychological depth and narrative experimentation, provide a particularly productive field for analyzing these processes. The study contributes to linguocognitive theory by synthesizing interdisciplinary perspectives and highlighting the role of language in shaping emotional experience and interpretation.
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