<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div>we are interested in interjections for talking about temperature experiences, like "brrh" or "ugh" in Engish. The issues we are curious about are as follows:</div><div><br></div><div>1. Does language X have interjections for feelings related to<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; "> cold temperature? If yes, what are those? Are these interjections accompanied by any particular gestures and / or intonational patterns?</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">2. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Does language X have interjections for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; ">feelings related to hot temperature? If yes, what are those? Are these interjections accompanied by any particular gestures and / or intonational patterns?</span></span></span></font></div><div><br></div><div>3. Are there other words derived from such interjections (e.g., regular temperature expressions like 'cold' or 'to freeze')?</div><div><br></div><div>We are particularly interested in the issues of universality of 'cold' interjections (are there languages without 'cold' interjections?) and of the possible asymmetry between 'hot' and 'cold' (do languages have 'hot' interjections at all?).</div><div><br></div><div>We would therefore be very grateful for any relevant data on the languages you are familiar with. </div><div><br></div><div>With warmest regards,</div><div>Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Dept. of linguistics, Stockholm University, <a href="http://ling-asv.ling.su.se/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page)">http://ling-asv.ling.su.se/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page)</a> and Åsa Abelin (Dept. of linguistics, University of Gothenburg, <a href="http://www.flov.gu.se/om/personal/asa-abelin/">http://www.flov.gu.se/om/personal/asa-abelin/</a></span></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>