The book offers a novel exploration into the semantic development of English terms concerning the concept of 'joy' (bliss, cheer, delight, dream, game, gladness, glee, joy, and mirth). The author adopts a panchronic perspective, according to which language reflects the way speakers experience the world.
Angelina Żyśko is an assistant professor in the Department of Cultural Linguistics at the Institute of English, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland. She has published internationally in linguistic journals and volumes on cognitive and historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and panchrony.