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In this paper I analyze everyday conceptions of being emotional. Like many emotion terms, “being emotional” can designate either an existing psychological state or a general disposition or trait to experience this state. In this paper I concentrate on being emotional in the sense of a psychological state because it seems the more foundational sense, being part of the definition of the trait.
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Parrott, W.G. (1995). The Heart and the Head. In: Russell, J.A., Fernández-Dols, JM., Manstead, A.S.R., Wellenkamp, J.C. (eds) Everyday Conceptions of Emotion. NATO ASI Series, vol 81. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8484-5_4
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