![]() Perception is a more complex process than sensation, as it includes sensation in a meaningful and comprehensive form or gestalt organised by the experiencer (as contended by Gestalt psychology or Merleau-Ponty), for instance. However, this tripartite chronology sensation-perception-emotion is called into question by discourse when a sensation or perception is characterized by its effect ( a pleasant smell, a deafening noise, a soothing colour, etc.) or an emotion by its source ( angry with life, pleasure of giving, anguish at the thought of leaving, etc.). Emotion, on the other hand, appears to follow on from perception ( he looks miserable, that melody made him sad ). Sensations, perceptions and emotions are characterized by a succession of more or less conscious physiological reactions triggered by interaction with the environment however, sensation seems to precede perception as a sensation can cause a perception or emotion ( that strong smell got her attention, that sweet melody soothed him ). Conversely, the metaphors expressing sensations sometimes allude to emotions: a cheerful colour, a sad melody, a lovely smell. The metaphors expressing emotions are often based on perceptions or bodily reactions: see red, be light-hearted, be in a cold sweat. In French, the verb sentir is connected with the sense of smell while its derivations se sentir or ressentir can designate emotions. The English verb feel refers to sensations, to the sense of touch and proprioception, and to emotions. The lexicon of sensations, perceptions and emotions reflects the strong links between those phenomena. Īs for emotions, Damasio considers that they belong to the “regulatory mechanisms ensur survival” as they “can engage an instinctual behavior pattern, or a newly created action plan.” ![]() the properties of the environment, which are relevant to our intentions.”. The sensory systems capable of movement draw from those energies the information, i.e. ![]() The sensory receptors of the perceptive systems (sense organs, musculoskeletal system and cortex), at the interface of the body and the environment, allow these energies to be sensed. That knowledge serves our adaptive needs. The same holds for perception, which “enables us to know our environment through the detection of information guiding our gestures, movements and our interactions with other human beings. the individual’s survival and adaptation to his/her environment. Both sensation and emotion involve the experiencer’s body and seem to serve the same end, i.e. from one’s circumstances, mood, or relationship with others.” ( OED ). any strong mental or instinctive feeling, as pleasure, grief, hope, fear, etc., deriving esp. This sequence appears to be tripartite inasmuch as it combines the environment, the body and the mind, as well as affects.įor that reason, sensation is reminiscent of emotion, regarded as “an agitation of mind an excited mental state. ” ( OED ) A sensation is triggered by the experiencer’s environment and gives rise to a perception, which corresponds to the way individuals process the stimuli they receive (the noun perception designates, according to The Concise Oxford English Dictionary ( COED ), “the neurophysiological processes including memory, by which an organism becomes aware of and interprets external stimuli”) affects can result from that perception ( a pleasant/unpleasant sensation/smell ). ![]() ![]() Sensation can be defined as “ physical feeling a mental state resulting from a stimulus operating on any of the senses or from a condition of part of the body. This, then, is the subject to which the next issue of Lexis will be devoted. Few authors, however, have examined the linguistic phenomena – in particular the lexical phenomena – liable to shed light on the links between sensations, perceptions and emotions. Sensations, perceptions and emotions have been the occasion of a number of studies, dealing with, for instance, verbs of perception (see Franckel , Gisborne , Khalifa & Miller , L acassain -L agoin and, Mérillou , M iller, P aulin and Wierzbicka ), nouns and adjectives of feeling (see Anscombre and, Novakova & Tutin, Whitt , or Wierzbicka ) or with the metaphors relating to one or the other of those domains (see Augustyn & Bouchoueva and Digonnet ). Lexicon, Sensations, Perceptions and Emotions The e-journal Lexis is planning to publish its 13 th issue devoted to “ Lexicon, Sensations, Perceptions and Emotions ” in 2019.Ĭo-editors: Stéphanie Béligon (Paris-Sorbonne University), Valérie Bourdier (University Paris-Est Créteil) Rémi Digonnet (Jean Monnet University – Saint-Étienne) & Christelle Lacassain-Lagoin (University of Pau and the Pays de l’Adour). ![]()
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