Language and culture in emotion research: A multidisciplinary perspective

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Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-357

  Ogarkova, Anna ^a   Borgeaud, Philippe ^a   Scherer, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Categorization; Culture; Emotion; Labeling; Language; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349157563     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: 14617412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0539018409106196     Document Type: Article

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