INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL IMAGERY OF "EMOTION" IN AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ASPECT

Abstract

ABSTRACT  

      In this article, in order to study "emotion" as a complex phenomenon in depth, it is approached in an integrated manner. Special attention is paid to the analysis of psychological, philosophical and linguistic factors that provide a comprehensive study of linguistic and non-linguistic means of expressing "emotion". The internal and external picture of "emotion" is revealed basing on the interpretations of the emotional state of people in the process of reacting to the events happening around them from the aspect  of psychology, philosophy and linguistics. In particular, the descriptions of "emotion" taken from the dictionary and encyclopedic sources and the opinions of a number of linguists, philosophers and psychologists were comparatively analyzed within the framework of those different fields. Including the descriptive landscape of emotional communication was studied in the framework of three different disciplines.

 Keywords: emotion, psychological phenomenon, inner experience, feeling, external world, attitude, subject's need, emotional communication, psyche, linguistic description.