An inquiry into “sadness” in Chinese

Zhengdao Ye

doi:10.1515/9783110880168

An inquiry into “sadness” in Chinese

Zhengdao Ye

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What we have to translate, in effect, is not a word but a whole culture, to see how an emotion — and the name for that emotion — fits into the systematic worldview, language, and the way of life of the society. (Robert C.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Emotions in Cross Linguistic Perspective
Editors	Jean Harkins, Anna Wierzbicka
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	De Gruyter Mouton
Pages	359-404
Number of pages	46
Volume	1
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783110880168
ISBN (Print)	3110170647, 9783110170641
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110880168 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110880168.359
Publication status	Published - 2001

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