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Publication details [#28580]

Priestley, Carol. 2002. Insides and emotion in Koromu. Pragmatics & Cognition 10 (1/2) : 243–270.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

body part terminology | crosscultural communication | emotion

Language as a subject

Koromu

Place, Publisher

John Benjamins

ISBN

0929-0907

Journal DOI

10.1075/pc

Annotation

This paper uses Natural Semantic Metalanguage concepts to describe the use of bodily images in Koromu (Papua New Guinean) expressions for common and pertinent emotion and to highlight emotional universals.