Rare Or Specialized Emotions & Words For Them

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This newly-published research provides many insights into the way the semantics of emotion vary among languages and cultures.

'Love' And Other Emotion Words Don't Always Mean The Same in Other Languages

The English word "love" can be translated as "sevgi" in Turkish and "szerelem" in Hungarian - but does the concept carry the same meaning for speakers of all three tongues?

Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History have used a new tool in comparative linguistics to examine emotional concepts across the world, finding the way we think of things such as anger, fear, and joy depends on our language.

Their paper drew on data from nearly 2,500 languages, from large ones with millions of speakers to small ones with thousands, and was published in the journal Science on Thursday.

Sometimes, words used to describe emotions are so unique, it seems they are rooted exclusively in a particular culture. The German word "Sehnsucht," referring to a strong desire for an alternative life, has no translation in English.

Nor does the word "awumbuk," used by the Baining people of Papua New Guinea to describe feelings of listlessness that hosts feel after their guests leave.

But many other emotional states are named across the world's languages, leading scientists to wonder how close their meaning really is. ...

FULL STORY: https://www.sciencealert.com/love-means-different-things-depending-on-your-language

See Also:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/...mean-different-things-in-different-languages/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191219142735.htm

THE PUBLISHED RESEARCH REPORT:

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6472/1517

 

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This newly-published research provides many insights into the way the semantics of emotion vary among languages and cultures.


FULL STORY: https://www.sciencealert.com/love-means-different-things-depending-on-your-language

See Also:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/...mean-different-things-in-different-languages/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/12/191219142735.htm

THE PUBLISHED RESEARCH REPORT:

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/366/6472/1517

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