Publications

Publication details [#57740]

Russell, James and Mary H. Kayyal. 2013. Language and Emotion: Certain English–Arabic Translations Are Not Equivalent. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 32 (3) : 261–271.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

emotion | expressibility | language and culture | language use | translation

Language as a subject

Arabic | English

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

In this study, English-speaking Americans, English-speaking Palestinians, and Arabic-speaking Palestinians evaluate the degree to which each of 12 words refer to the diverse emotions embodied by 22 facial expressions. Only one translation (happiness–farah) passes both equivalence tests. All others diverge with culture or language.