Basic emotion words in Sesotho

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:The purpose of this study is to identify the basic emotion verbs in Sesotho. Fivebasic emotions verb are identified: anger, anxiety, disgust, sadness, and fear. Theverbs, expressions, as well as idiophones that express these emotions, areidentified. Furthermore, the emotion words are semantically and syntacticallyanalyzed.The outlay of the nine chapters is as follows: Chapter One is an Introduction inwhich reference is made to the aim of this study, methods used in compiling thedata, and the analysis of the data. Chapter Two offers an overview of the basicemotions. A psychological overview of the work of the following scholars isundertaken: Le Doux (1998), Johnson-Laird and Oatley (1992), Tomkins (1962),Plutchik (1980), and Izard (1971); as well as a linguistic overview of the work ofthe following scholars: Kovecses (1989), Wierzbicka (1989), Frijda (1986), andGoddard (1998). Chapter Three deals with the lexical semantics which will beused in analyzing the different emotion words.Chapter Four deals with anger words. It starts with an overview of anger astreated by the following scholars: Taylor and Mbense (1998), Kovecses (1989),and Lakoff and Kovecses (1987). The treatment of the data (the expression ofanger in Sesotho) starts with the definition of anger, followed by expressions ofanger and the verbs of anger which are analyzed semantically and syntactically.Another form of the expression of anger, namely the threat, is also analyzedsemantically and syntactically.Chapter Five deals with anxiety, Chapter Six with disgust, Chapter Seven withsadness and Chapter Eight with fear. In all these instances, the definition of theemotion word is followed by relevant expressions and verbs which aresemantically and syntactically analyzed.The last chapter, Chapter Nine, offers conclusions regarding the five differenttypes of emotion words in Se otho.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University