Emotion terms, category structure, and the problem of translation: The case of shame and vergüenza

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 661-680

  de Mendoza, Alejandra Hurtado ^a   Fernández Dols, José Miguel ^a   Parrott, W Gerrod ^b   Carrera, Pilar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Everyday concepts of emotion; Shame; Translation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISGRACE; EMBARASSMENT; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TRANSLATION; MALE; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAME; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPANISH;

EID: 77952351381     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930902958255     Document Type: Article

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