Emotion categorization in Moroccan Arabic and English: a Prototype Approach
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/101837Identifikátory
ISSN: 2336-6702
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- Číslo 1 [13]
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2018Nakladatel
Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakultaZdrojový dokument
Studie z aplikované lingvistiky - Studies in Applied LinguisticsRok vydání periodika: 2018
Ročník periodika: 9
Číslo periodika: 1
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categorization, culture, emotions, prototypeCross-linguistic research on emotion shows that there are similarities and differences in the conceptualization
of emotions in different cultures. Using the prototype approach, we explored emotion
categorization in Moroccan Arabic (MA) and compared it to American English (AE). Two studies
were conducted. The first study reveals that there are 131 prototypical emotion categories in MA. The
second study investigates how these emotions are categorized according to native speakers’ judgement.
The results of this study show that in both varieties there are six basic level emotion categories:
love, surprise, and happiness within the positive superordinate category; and anger, fear, and
sadness within the negative superordinate category. In the MA study, however, there were two additional
categories: shame and hatred. The differences between the two varieties exist at the level of
subcategories which includes culture-specific emotions in each variety. As a recommendation for
further research, we suggested investigating the lexical equivalence of emotions between English
and MA and explore the reasons behind this lexical anisomorphism.