Emotion semantics show both cultural variation and universal structure

Science • Vol/Iss. 366 (6472) • AAAS • • Published In • Pages: 1517-1522 •
By Jackson, Joshua Conrad, Watts, Joseph, Henry, Teague R., List, Johann-Mattis, Forkel, Robert, Mucha, Peter J., Greenhill, Simon J. , Gray, Russell D. , Lindquist, Kristen A.

Hypothesis

Geographic proximity is positively correlated with similarity in emotion semantics across language families (1519).

Note

The two significance values are reported for the full sample and then the smaller permutation robust sample respectively.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Correlation using ARI valuesSupportedp <.001 and p = .03UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Emotion semanticsDependentVocabulary, Semantics
Geographic proximityIndependentLocation