The terms for “emotion” in Swahili: a lexical analysis based on interviews with native speakers
In this paper, I describe the linguistic encoding of the conceptual category “emotion” in Swahili, focusing on analysis of the lexicon. After giving a brief overview of recent studies on lexical semantics, I will discuss and problematise the conceptual category of “emotion”. I will first describe th...
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| Language: | English |
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Università degli Studi di Torino
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/kervan/article/view/3731 |