Linguistic analysis of the story about life events as a technology for researching the emotional experience of higher education students

Authors

Nataliia Knyshenko
Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway University,, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0803-2774
Larysa Horbolis
Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko,, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4775-622X
Dmytro Marieiev
Oleksandr Dovzhenko Hlukhiv National Pedagogical University,, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6282-8052
Svitlana Martsyn
H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University,, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1265-8833
Roman Miniailo
Municipal Establishment «Kharkiv Humanitarian-Pedagogical Academy» of the Kharkiv Regional Council,, Ukraine
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9392-594X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15587/978-617-8360-24-5.ch3

Keywords:

Linguistic analysis, emotional experience, stories about life events, technology, personality, emotional well-being, self-regulation, interpersonal interaction, adaptation, higher education applicants, language markers

Synopsis

The emotional experience of a person is an integral part of human life, which determines the characteristics of behavior, decision-making and the nature of interpersonal interaction. In psychology, it is interpreted as a multifaceted phenomenon that combines cognitive, physiological and behavioral aspects, as well as a complex of emotional knowledge, accumulated throughout life, used by a person in interaction with the environment. It has been determined that stories about life events are a reflection of the internal emotional state of a person, and their analysis allows us to identify key cognitive and emotional characteristics of the speaker. A comparative analysis of linguistic markers (the number of words, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, emotionally colored words, etc.) in texts describing positive and negative life events was carried out. The results of the study revealed linguistic differences in stories about negative and positive experiences, which indicate increased cognitive activity and emotional involvement in speaking about negative events. The emphasis is on the practical significance of the obtained data for the training of future psychologists, in particular in the acquisition of speech analysis skills, working with the emotional experience of clients and developing professional empathy. The results obtained will contribute to the improvement of the educational process and the preparation of applicants for professional activity in the field of psychology.

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PSYCHOLOGICAL-PEDAGOGICAL AND LINGUODIDACTIC PROBLEMS OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION UNDER CONDITIONS OF SOCIETY DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
In press. PSYCHOLOGICAL-PEDAGOGICAL AND LINGUODIDACTIC PROBLEMS OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION UNDER CONDITIONS OF SOCIETY DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

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38-52

Published

March 31, 2026

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Copyright (c) 2026 Nataliia Knyshenko, Larysa Horbolis, Dmytro Marieiev, Svitlana Martsyn, Roman Miniailo

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Knyshenko, N., Horbolis, L., Marieiev, D., Martsyn, S., & Miniailo, R. (2026). Linguistic analysis of the story about life events as a technology for researching the emotional experience of higher education students. In N. Morhunova, I. Levchenko, & A. Kholodov (Eds.), In press. PSYCHOLOGICAL-PEDAGOGICAL AND LINGUODIDACTIC PROBLEMS OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION UNDER CONDITIONS OF SOCIETY DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION (pp. 38–52). Kharkiv: TECHNOLOGY CENTER PC. https://doi.org/10.15587/978-617-8360-24-5.ch3