Empathy
Matthias Apfelthaler
University of Graz
Table of contents
Derived from Ancient Greek ἐμπάθεια, the term “empathy” found its way into English via German in the early twentieth century (Stueber 2008/2019), where it had come to mean “feeling into”. In everyday English, this is likely the meaning that would come to mind first. More formal definitions often distinguish an affective and a cognitive component (Stueber 2008/2019).
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.Further essential reading
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Witte, Heidrun
2020 “Förderung von Perspektivenübernahme und Zielrezipientenorientierung im Translationsunterricht (Deutsch – Spanisch): Kinderliterarische Ausgangstexte als didaktisches Instrument.” Lebende Sprachen 65 (1): 156–180.