万万没想到：英语里表达情绪的词竟然这么少
<p><span word="While">While</span> <span word="investigating">investigating</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="English">English</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="associated">associated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="positive">positive</span> <span word="emotions">emotions</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="concepts">concepts</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="British">British</span> <span word="researcher">researcher</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> 216 <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="English">English</span> <span word="translation">translation</span>.</p><p>英国研究人员最近在调查研究表示正面情感和概念的非英语语言的词汇时发现，有216个词没有对应的英语翻译。</p><p><span word="There">There</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ongoing">ongoing</span> <span word="debate">debate</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="connection">connection</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="conscious">conscious</span> <span word="experience">experience</span>. <span word="Philosopher">Philosopher</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cognitive">cognitive</span> <span word="scientist">scientist</span> <span word="Daniel">Daniel</span> <span word="Dennett">Dennett</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="language">language</span> “<span word="infects">infects</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="inflects">inflects</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="level">level</span>,” <span word="arguing">arguing</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="significant">significant</span> <span word="portion">portion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="perception">perception</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="influenced">influenced</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="disposal">disposal</span>.</p><p>科学家一直在争辩语言和意识体验间的关系。哲学家兼认知学家丹尼尔·达内特曾说，语言“影响并且反映我们方方面面的思想”，我们对世界的感知很大程度上受到我们措辞的影响。</p><p><span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="psychologists">psychologists</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="hand">hand</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="believing">believing</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="aren">aren</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="capable">capable</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="grasping">grasping</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="concept">concept</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="feeling">feeling</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="emotion">emotion</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="there">there</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="word">word</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="it">it</span>.</p><p>另一方面，许多心理学家很难相信人们会因为语言里没有对应的用语而无法掌握某个概念、不能体验某种情感。</p>
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