What this page is
A static research report on the v5 Master Audit of the Finnic runosong emotion lexicon — a hand-reviewed, multi-source vocabulary of emotion words used in Estonian (ERAB) and Finnish (SKVR, JR, KR) oral poetry. Each numbered section below is a pre-computed analysis: no live queries, no filters. All charts are rendered from JSON embedded in the page.
How the lexicon was built
- Seeded from NRC EmoLex and DepecheMood for English emotion words, plus Finnish emotion seed lists.
- Translated/propagated via lemma-level glosses, then manually audited across multiple review rounds (v1 → v5).
- Each lemma is tagged with one or more emotion families (joy, sadness, anger, love, fear, grief, care, pride, desire, pain, general_positive, general_negative, …) and a POS.
- Coverage and confidence tags flag whether a word is attested in both languages, one language only, or dialect-restricted.
What each analysis answers
- Token frequency, coverage, POS balance — how the emotion vocabulary actually distributes across the corpora.
- Family dominance per language — which emotions are over- or under-represented in one tradition vs the other.
- Cognate vs non-cognate emotion words — how much of the emotional register is shared Finnic heritage vs language-specific innovation.
- Domain crossings and rare/high-confidence items — edge cases worth reviewing qualitatively.
How to navigate
- The table of contents above jumps to each analysis section.
- Within a section the insight box (left border in accent color) summarises the take-away.
- Tables are scrollable; click a column header (where available) to see the row detail.
Interactive alternative
For a fully interactive emotion explorer with search, filtering, and maps, see Emotion Vocabulary, Emotional Geography, and Emotion Canvas.
Data Sources
RunoVerse emotion lexicon compiled by Kaarel Veskis (ERA / University of Tartu). Project “Patterns of emotional development in Estonian culture” (EKKD-III5, 2025–2027). Funded by the Ministry of Education and Science.