Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure
Science • Vol/Iss. 366 (6472) • AAAS • • Published In • Pages: 1517-1522 •
By Jackson, Joshua Conrad, Watts, Joseph, Henry, Teague R., List, Johann-Mattis, Forkel, Robert, Mucha, Peter J., Greenhill, Simon J. , Gray, Russell D. , Lindquist, Kristen A.
Hypothesis
Emotion semantics vary widely and significantly across language families (1519).
Note
In order to test if the variation was significant, researchers tested the emotion concepts against color concepts with both a full sample of comparisons and a permutation-robust sample. Both comparisons showed the color concepts had more universality than the emotion concepts, with the emotion concepts containing significantly (p<.001) greater variation.
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN | Supported | p <0.001 | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Language Family | Independent | Linguistic Identification |
| Emotion semantics | Dependent | Vocabulary, Semantics |