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Volume 3 Number 1
Fall 2008
| The
Problem of
Translation in Cross-Cultural Research on Emotion Concepts (Commentary
on Choi and Han) Alejandra Hurtado de Mendoza Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain |
pp. 241-248 |
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| ABSTRACT: Choi & Han conceive shimcheong as a specific Korean emotion concept that can be considered as an extended empathy embedded in Korean culture. This article analyzes from a conceptualist perspective the problems of translation in cross-cultural research about emotion concepts and the necessity of differentiating emotion concepts and emotional experience. Everyday concepts of emotions across languages and cultures are not mere tools for understanding emotions. They have to be considered as an object of study in itself. | ||
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