Naslov
Jealousy vs Envy: European Cultural Background and Croatian Linguistic Examples

Autori
Sardelić, Mirko ; Perak, Benedikt

Izvornik
Collegium antropologicum (0350-6134) 45 (2021), 1; 55-66

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
jealousy ; envy ; cultural regulation of emotions ; language corpora, semantic networks
(jealousy ; envy ; cultural regulation of emotions ; language corpora ; semantic networks)

Sažetak
Speakers of many languages tend to use pairs of words such as emotion/feeling or jealousy/envy interchangeably. This paper explores the differences in the way in which the emotional states of jealousy and envy are understood (in the Croa­tian language 'ljubomora' and 'zavist') and the influence of culture on the expression of these states. First, we establish the cultural framework that significantly shapes the experience and expression of emotional states, and summarize cognitive aspects of the two emotions. Second, we demonstrate that Croatian 19th- and 20th- century belles lettres differentiate between the two in the way it is described in sciences. Third, a psycholinguistic questionnaire was used to investigate features of the conceptual content from 209 high school students. Finally, the results were compared with the empirical corpus analysis of the linguistic constructions of emotional categories. Complementary methods used in this research show indications of an ongoing semasiological change of 'ljubomora' and 'zavist' in a significant part of Croatian speakers.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest, Interdisciplinarne humanističke znanosti, Kognitivna znanost (prirodne, tehničke, biomedicina i zdravstvo, društvene i humanističke znanosti)

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