Saudade: A key portuguese emotion

Zuzanna Bulłat Silva*

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    Abstract

    I analyze the linguistic picture of the Portuguese emotion saudade, roughly "nostalgia," in an attempt to show its cultural significance and contradict the view that nostalgia is a marginal feeling, deprived of any practical function.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)203-211
    Number of pages9
    JournalEmotion Review
    Volume4
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2012

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