Emotion descriptions and musical expressiveness

Bibliographic Data

ID21501937
AuthorsMichelle Liu (0000-0003-4427-1235, School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies, Faculty of Arts Monash University Clayton Victoria Australia, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume40
Issue1
Pages74-92
Publication date2025-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMind & Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0268-1064 • E-ISSN: 1468-0017
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/mila.12524
OpenAlexW4401176077
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited42

Emotion terms such as “sad”, “happy”, and “joyful” apply to a wide range of entities. We use them to refer to mental states of sentient beings, and also to describe features of non‐mental things such as comportment, nature, events, artworks and so on. Drawing on the literature on polysemy, this article provides an in‐depth analysis of emotion descriptions. It argues that emotion terms are polysemous and distinguishes seven related senses. In addition, the article applies the analysis to shed light on a long‐standing debate in philosophy of music concerning emotion descriptions of music

Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Linguistics · Musical · Communication · Diverse Music Education Insights · Multisensory perception and integration · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Philosophy · Psychology

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