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Title: | Sočuvstvie and Sostradanie: A Semantic Study of two Russian Emotions - The Natural Semantic Metalanguage Approach | Contributor(s): | Gladkova, Anna (author) | Publication Date: | 2005 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8921 | Abstract: | If one wants to appreciate a certain culture and master its language it is essential to understand this culture's prominent attitudes conceptualised in the lexicon of the language. The Russian culture has often been described as possessing communal character (Berdyaev, 2000; Boym, 1994) and as being strong in emotional expression (Wierzbicka, 1992; 1999; Pavlenko, 2002; Gerhart, 2001). These two attitudes are embedded in the words sočuvstvie (usually translated into English as 'sympathy') and sostradanie (usually translated into English as 'compassion'). These words describe emotions which are caused by the realization of a negative emotional state of another person. Understanding of the meanings of these words will give us a key to understanding of the ways of thinking and behaving specific to Russian culture. The semantic description of these two words poses several challenges. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Lidil, v.32, p. 35-47 | Publisher: | Institut des Sciences Mathematiques et Economiques Appliquees [Institute of Applied Mathematics and Economics] (ISMEA) | Place of Publication: | France | ISSN: | 1146-6480 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200408 Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics) | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950201 Communication Across Languages and Culture | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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