Emotion-Related Words in Persian Dictionaries: Culture, Meaning and Emotion Theory
| dc.contributor.author | Kaviani, H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sagan, Olivia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pournaseh, M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-29T21:30:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-29T21:30:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Aimes: Vocabulary, written or oral, may potentially mirror the attitudes, emotionality, thinking styles, mentality and cultural tendencies among people. This research aimed to scrutinise the emotion-related words (ERWs) vs. the cognition-related words (CRWs) of three Persian dictionaries (namely, Moeen, Amid and Moaser), exploring cultural differences in terms of positive/negative and somatic/non-somatic aspects. Method: All entries in these three dictionaries were scrutinised by three independent judges all of whom were psychologists. The final judgments incorporated feedback which included descriptive and qualitative comments provided by a cognitive linguist. Non-parametric data (frequencies and ratios) on somatic/non-somatic, positive/negative and common/uncommon components of the target words were analysed by SPSS for Windows v19. Results: The results show that the ratio of negative ERWs is higher than positive ERWs, compared to both positive and negative CRWs. Moreover, 30-45% of ERWs were somatic (contained body-related component/s). Conclusion: The findings appear to be in line with theories suggesting that people with Eastern cultural backgrounds are more likely to express their feelings through body-related words; a fact that may be correlated with the high level of somatisation symptoms in Eastern countries. | |
| dc.description.eprintid | 4709 | |
| dc.description.faculty | div_PaS | |
| dc.description.ispublished | pub | |
| dc.description.number | 3 | |
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| dc.description.status | pub | |
| dc.description.volume | 2 | |
| dc.format.extent | 01-Nov | |
| dc.identifier | ER4709 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kaviani, H., Sagan, O. & Pournaseh, M. (2015) Emotion-Related Words in Persian Dictionaries: Culture, Meaning and Emotion Theory, International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture, vol. 2(3). | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2410-6577 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/4709 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture | |
| dc.subject | Emotion Words | |
| dc.subject | Dictionaries | |
| dc.subject | Persian | |
| dc.subject | Somatization | |
| dc.subject | Culture | |
| dc.title | Emotion-Related Words in Persian Dictionaries: Culture, Meaning and Emotion Theory | |
| dc.type | article | |
| dcterms.accessRights | public | |
| qmu.author | Sagan, Olivia | |
| refterms.dateFCA | 2017-04-10 | |
| refterms.dateFCD | 2017-04-10 | |
| rioxxterms.type | article |
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