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The basic objective of those researching in
this area is to show how society and culture
educate us and control our emotions
Of interest to:
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History of Emotions
Sociology
Psychology & Psychiatry
Media studies
Cultural and cross-cultural studies
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Part 1 Interdisciplinary Foundations
◦ Stearns, P.N. ‘History of Emotions: Issues of Change
and Impact’ (in Lewis & Haviland-Jones (3rd Edition)
◦ Stets, J. E & J.H. Turner. ‘The Sociology of Emotions’
(in Lewis & Haviland-Jones (3rd Edition)
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In 2nd Edition Part 1 Interdisciplinary
Foundations
◦ Kemper, T.D. ‘Social Models in the Explanation of
Emotions’
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Part IV Social Perspectives – titles of articles
◦ Gender and Emotions in Context
◦ The Cultural Psychology of the Emotions: Ancient
and Renewed
◦ Intergroup Emotions
◦ Empathy and Prosocial Behavior
◦ Social Functions of Emotions
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Daniel Goleman
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter
More Than IQ – 1996
Working with Emotional Intelligence – 1998
Social Intelligence: The New Science of Social
Relationships – 2006
Bestsellers – but very popular and influential
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Language of emotion of monolingual groups
according to:
◦ Social groups: e.g.
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Age,
Gender
Status
Education
Communication situation
◦ Geographical groups: e.g.
 UK/US/Indian/Australian/’International’ English;
 Continental / South American variants of Spanish
 Continental and Brazilian Portuguese
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Many studies focus on how cultures and
differ in the way they:
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Construct emotional behavior
Permit or accept emotional behavior
Express emotions
Interpret emotions in others
Anthropologists traditionally explore the way
different cultures express their ideas about
emotion through language – lexicon, idioms,
discourse and attitudes
◦ See White (2004) and Lutz (1987)
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Systemic-functional linguistics (J.R. Firth >
M.A.K. Halliday) – “an approach to linguistics
that considers language as a social semiotic
system”
i.e. language system + functions for which it
is used
Therefore – multi-dimensional and with an
inclusive approach to all levels of language
For a summary see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemic_functi
onal_linguistics
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Roman Jakobson (1959)
Intra-lingual translation – within different
variants of the same language
Inter-lingual translation – between different
languages
Inter-semiotic translation – para-language
and non-verbal language
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A vast bibliography available
A good summary:
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MUNDAY, Jeremy. 2010. Introducing
Translation Studies – Theories and
Applications. London and New York:
Routledge.
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My interest in linguistics started when my
Portuguese husband did not like my use of
the verb ‘amar’
According to a dictionary
◦ Amar = Love
◦ Gostar de = Like
◦ BUT the social and cultural uses of these verbs are
quite different!
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This is wide open area for research
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And your essays suggest some
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Let’s discuss them
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