Abstract
This chapter argues that the cross-linguistic study of subjective experience as expressed, described and construed in language cannot be set on a sound footing without the aid of a systematic and non-Anglocentric approach to lexical semantic analysis.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Happiness and "Pain" across Languages and Cultures |
| Editors | Cliff Goddard and Zhengdao Ye |
| Place of Publication | Amsterdam Holland |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789027242723 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 |