Landscapes of Emotion is a fascinating look at the cultural construction of emotions, examining how people in different cultures shape ideas and talk about emotion. The primary subjects of the book are the Minangkabau, a matrilineal Moslem culture of three million people in West Sumatra, Indonesia.
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"Pathbreaking in both its concerns and methodologies, this book is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Indonesian culture. It also constitutes an important and exciting contribution to the study of the interplay of language, culture, and emotion." Nancy J. Smith-Hefner, Journal of Asian Studies
"...introduces a new method for studying vocabulary stuctures in the realm of emotions,,," Cliff Goddard, Semiotica
"...introduces a new method for studying vocabulary stuctures in the realm of emotions,,," Cliff Goddard, Semiotica
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Describes three cultures of emotion in Indonesia--from Sumatra and Java--to show how they differ from each other and how they resemble American ideas about emotions.
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marah anger, benci hate, naik darah, banci hate, putus asa, prototypicality ratings, highest prototypicality rating, iri hati, iri ati, sakit hati, triangle cluster, panas hati, emotion scenarios, belittling talk, lexical maps, admirable child, hinge word, emotion realm, starter words, secondary scenario, emotion clusters, four twigs, dictionary glosses, sentence completion tasks, translation equivalents Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Minangkabau Indonesian, Javanese Indonesian, American English, Restless Anticipation, West Sumatra, Central Javanese, Irian Jaya, American Anthropological Association, Indonesian Minangkabau Sayang, James Siegel, Ruth Benedict New!
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marah anger, benci hate, naik darah, banci hate, putus asa, prototypicality ratings, highest prototypicality rating, iri hati, iri ati, sakit hati, triangle cluster, panas hati, emotion scenarios, belittling talk, lexical maps, admirable child, hinge word, emotion realm, starter words, secondary scenario, emotion clusters, four twigs, dictionary glosses, sentence completion tasks, translation equivalents Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Minangkabau Indonesian, Javanese Indonesian, American English, Restless Anticipation, West Sumatra, Central Javanese, Irian Jaya, American Anthropological Association, Indonesian Minangkabau Sayang, James Siegel, Ruth Benedict New!
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- Cultural Models in Language and Thought by Dorothy Holland in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Language of Emotion by J. Davitz on page 52, and Back Matter
- Theories of Emotion (Emotion: Theory, Research, and Experience, 1) by Robert Plutchik in Back Matter
- Javnese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves by Ward Keeler in Back Matter
- The University of South Carolina (SC) (Campus History Series) by Elizabeth Cassidy West in Front Matter
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- The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit by Melvin Konner on page 133, page 502, and Back Matter
- Socioemotional Development Across Cultures (New Directions for Child Development No 81) by Dinesh Sharma on page 17, and page 41
- The Navigation of Feeling: A Framework for the History of Emotions by William M. Reddy on page 5, and Back Matter
- Metaphor and Metonymy in Comparison and Contrast (Cognitive Linguistic Research) by Rene Dirven on page 155
- Metaphor and Metonymy in Comparison and Contrast (Cognitive Linguistics Research, 20.) by Rene Dirven on page 155
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