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Sympathy, compassion, and empathy in English and Russian: A linguistic and cultural analysis
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In this article, a contrastive semantic analysis of sympathy, compassion, and empathy in English and their Russian translational equivalents, socuvstvie, sostradanie, and sopereživanie, is presented.Abstract:
In this corpus-based study I contribute to the description and analysis of linguistic and cultural variation in the conceptualization of sympathy , compassion, and empathy On the basis of a contrastive semantic analysis of sympathy, compassion, and empathy in English and their Russian translational equivalents, socuvstvie , sostradanie, and sopereživanie, I demonstrate significant differences in the conceptualization of these words, which I explain by reference to the prevalence of different models of social interaction in Anglo and Russian cultures, as well as different cultural attitudes towards emotional expression As a methodology I apply the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM), which is based on empirically established lexical and grammatical universals, and argue that it is a powerful tool in contrastive studiesread more
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Empathy, sympathy and compassion in healthcare: Is there a problem? Is there a difference? Does it matter?:
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Definition of compassion in healthcare: a systematic literature review
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The cultural construction of emotions
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