Emotions in Social Media Discourse: a Case Study of Widely Commented Events in Bulgarian News

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Pages: 405-416
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/WCZF7118

Abstract:

The paper aims at reviewing the linguistic devices expressing emotions both in readers’ comments under the five most commented news articles for December 2023 on the Facebook page of a national media outlet, and in the articles themselves. All other article headlines on the page for this month are reviewed too, looking for unifying features that trigger readers to react with a comment on the relevant events presented in the news. The author also introduces her own point of view on the topic of expressing emotions, supported with evidence from the opinions of scholars in the relevant field, namely Charles Darwin, Anna Wierzbicka, Lisa Feldman Barrett, etc. The paper consists of two parts: the first one examines emotions and social media discourse, and the second one presents a practical analysis of the linguistic devices expressing emotions in the articles and in the comments they trigger.

Keywords:

emotions, culture, social media discourse, lexical devices expressing emotions

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