Ene Vainik
List of John Benjamins publications in which Ene Vainik is involved.
Articles
2017 Multiplicity of motivation behind dynamic descriptions of emotion in Estonian Emotions across Languages and Cultures, Athanasiadou, Angeliki and Ad Foolen (eds.), pp. 73–99 | Article
The rich variety of emotion descriptions in terms of motion verbs found in standard Estonian was studied in respect of their general motivation and some specific motivating factors, such as conceptual structures and cognitive mechanisms. The possibilities of being a relatively late cultural loan… read more
2011 Dynamic body parts in Estonian figurative descriptions of emotion Embodiment via Body Parts: Studies from various languages and cultures, Maalej, Zouhair and Ning Yu (eds.), pp. 41–70 | Article
This study applies cognitive metaphor and metonymy theory to Estonian descriptions of emotion that reference body parts. Body parts like the chest and heart are conceptualized as containers for emotion. More common is the figurative exploitation of the dynamic, changeable parts of the head, in… read more