On emotions and on definitions: A response to Izard

Emotion Review

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-380

  Wierzbicka, Anna ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

"science of definitions"; Anglocentrism; emotions vs. cognitions; emotions vs. sensations; language in emotion research; NSM methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958076050     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073910374664     Document Type: Note

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