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Emotional Semantics

Emotional Semantics is a theoretical construct within Design Semantics that identifies and analyzes the affective meanings conveyed by artifacts through their form, aesthetics, and symbolic cues to elicit specific emotional responses in users.

157

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12.7K

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355

Authors

207

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2017–2026

44

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Publications

157

The representation of abstract words: Why emotion matters.

Stavroula Kousta, Gabriella Vigliocco, David Vinson et al. · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 2010 · 900 citations

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Self-report captures 27 distinct categories of emotion bridged by continuous gradients

Alan Cowen, Dacher Keltner · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · 893 citations · Full text

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The language of emotions: An analysis of a semantic field

P. N. Johnson‐Laird, Keith Oatley · Cognition & Emotion · 1989 · 735 citations

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The Referential Structure of the Affective Lexicon

Andrew Ortony, Gerald L. Clore, Mark A. Foss · Cognitive Science · 1987 · 480 citations

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Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure

Joshua Conrad Jackson, Joseph Watts, Teague R. Henry et al. · Science · 2019 · 437 citations · Full text

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Authors

355

  1. AW
    Anna Wierzbicka

    Australian National University, Australia

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. AO
    Andrew Ortony

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    6 publications · 962 citations

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  3. KR
    Klaus R. Scherer

    University of Geneva, Switzerland

    5 publications · 199 citations

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  4. JR
    Johnny R. J. Fontaine

    Ghent University, Belgium

    4 publications · 177 citations

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  5. ZY
    Zhengdao Ye

    Australian National University, Australia

    4 publications · 65 citations

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Institutions

207

  1. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    14 h-index

    16 publications

    2K citations

  2. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    349 citations

  3. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    814 citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    988 citations

  6. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    259 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    2.2K citations

  8. University of Turin

    Turin, Italy

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    146 citations

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Venues

  1. Cognition & Emotion

    14 publications · 1.5K citations

    13

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  2. Emotion Review

    8 publications · 954 citations

    8

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  3. Pragmatics & Cognition

    8 publications · 432 citations

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  4. Cognitive Science

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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