Emotion categorization and early bilinguals : a study of Chinese-English bilinguals’ understanding of the shame category

Past studies show that different cultures/languages socialize speakers into different manners of interpreting and categorizing emotional experiences (Wierzbicka, 1986; 1999). The present thesis investigates how emotions are categorized for bilinguals who have access to two distinct language systems...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lin, Bai
Other Authors: Chan Hiu Dan, Alice
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/62273