Cultural conceptualizations of xejâlat and
kamruyi
Two sharm-related emotion categories in
Persian
This chapter studies two
sharm-related emotion categories,
xejâlat and kamruyi, in
Persian from the perspective of Cultural Linguistics (Sharifian, 2011, 2017).
Drawing on various sources of data, namely reflective and narrative
questionnaires (N = 150), dictionaries and
encyclopedias, and online data, the present study applies analytical
and theoretical tools of Cultural Linguistics to delve into cultural
conceptualizations, including cultural metaphors and schemas of
xejâlat and kamruyi. Data
analysis reveals that xejâlat, being an internal
and a more self-oriented emotion category can be experienced and
evaluated positively and negatively, while kamruyi
is considered to be a negative emotion and a negatively evaluated
personality trait.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Cultural linguistics
- 3.Cultural Linguistics and emotion research
- 4.Data and methodology
- 5.Results
- 5.1Xejâlat as an emotion category
- 5.2Cultural metaphors
- 5.2.1xejâlat is
heat
- 5.2.2xejalât/kamruyi is a
person
- 5.2.3kamruyi is a
substance in a container
- 5.3ru-dar-bâyesti as a shame-related
cultural schema
- 5.4âberu as a shame-related cultural
schema
- 6.Conclusion
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Notes
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References
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Appendix