About This Project
Emotional Metaphor Map
A cross-linguistic database exploring how different cultures conceptualize emotions through metaphors and idioms. This project collects and analyzes emotional expressions from Chinese, English, French, and AI-generated language models, revealing the diverse ways humans understand and communicate feelings.
Through interactive exploration and a conceptual profile test, users can discover their own emotional expression patterns and contribute to this growing linguistic resource.
Copyright & License
© 2025 Xiaoyao CHI. Supported by Cosmos AI. All Rights Reserved.
This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes
- ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license
Academic Citation
For academic use, please cite as:
CHI, Xiaoyao. (2025). Emotional Metaphor Map: A Cross-linguistic Database of Emotion Idioms. Retrieved from https://emotional-metaphor-map.vercel.appFeatures
- Browse by Emotion — Explore idioms organized by emotional categories and image schemas
- Conceptual Profile Test — Discover your emotional expression patterns through an interactive game
- Contribute — Add new idioms to the database and help expand this linguistic resource
- Multi-language Support — Includes expressions from Chinese, English, French, and AI models
Contact & Collaboration
For academic collaboration, commercial licensing inquiries, or questions about the project: