Die Welt der Töne und Geräusche. Über den Zusammenhang von Tonsignalen, der Konzeptualisierung und Versprachlichung von Emotionen. Eine Analyse am deutschen und polnischen Sprachmaterial aus semantisch-kognitiver Perspektive

Emotions as abstract phenomena are not easy to verbalize. On the lexical level, they are most frequently thematized or expressed through imagery. The article aims at elucidating a rarely discussed problem of making emotions lingual employing sound phrasemes. Sounds and noises of animate as well as inanimate nature are in the centre of the cognitive explorations. The sounds and noises are metaphorically mapped on the abstract, hard-to-reach target domain of emotions. The analyses will be conducted on German and Polish phrasemes.