Using Conceptual Metaphor Theory, I propose a study of aesthetic emotional expressions in Japanese. With this aim, I have created a medium-sized corpus (c100,000 running words) of travellers’ reviews in Japanese published on TripAdvisor between 2012 and 2022. The corpus consists of 1,100 reviews, grouped into three subsections, corresponding to three of the most visited landmarks in Japan (namely, Mount Fuji, Fushimi Inari-Taisha Shrine, and the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome). The reviews chosen for this research include at least one reference, either literal or figurative, to the users’ aesthetic evaluation of their visit. My list of aesthetic emotions consists of four large categories: emotions of pleasure (e.g., attraction, fluency), emotions of contemplation (e.g., interest, intrigue), emotions of amazement (e.g., awe, wonder), and emotions of respect (e.g., admiration, adoration). For each aesthetic emotion, I have identified a series of source domains, which I analyse in detail in my discussion. As my data shows, many of our aesthetic expressions are rooted in the psychological and behavioural changes triggered by these emotions and, therefore, should be considered embodied. More importantly, through the analysis of the conceptual mappings involved in these linguistic expressions, it can be affirmed that aesthetic reactions are sensitive to cultural influences and, thus, they are not necessarily universal.

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日本游客在线评论语料库中的审美情绪反应及其言语表达

我运用概念隐喻理论，提出了对日语审美情感表达的研究。为此，我创建了一个中等规模的语料库（约 100,000 个运行词），包含 2012 年至 2022 年间在 TripAdvisor 上发布的日语旅行者评论。该语料库包含 1,100 条评论，分为三个小部分，对应于其中的三个部分。日本访问量最大的地标（即富士山、伏见稻荷大社和广岛原子弹爆炸圆顶）。本研究选择的评论至少包括一个对用户对其访问的审美评价的参考，无论是字面的还是比喻的。我的审美情感清单由四大类组成：愉悦的情绪（例如吸引力、流畅性）、沉思的情绪（例如，兴趣、阴谋），惊讶的情绪（例如，敬畏、惊奇），以及尊重的情感（例如，钦佩、崇拜）。对于每种审美情感，我都确定了一系列源域，并在讨论中对其进行了详细分析。正如我的数据所示，我们的许多审美表达都植根于这些情绪引发的心理和行为变化，因此应该被视为体现。更重要的是，通过对这些语言表达所涉及的概念映射的分析，可以肯定审美反应对文化影响很敏感，因此并不一定具有普遍性。