Sympathy, compassion, and empathy in English and Russian: A linguistic and cultural analysis

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-285

  Gladkova, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Emotions; Empathy; English; Natural Semantic Metalanguage; Russian; Sympathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950920566     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: 14617056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X10361396     Document Type: Article

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