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The linguistic expression of emotion
American Anthropologist • 38 (2) • Published In 1936 • Pages: 250-256
By: Henry, Jules.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In addition to the usual forms to express emotion in a language, such as syntax, intonation, gesture, articulation, etc., Henry describes other features of the Xokleng language which he calls "symbolic" and which refers to the expression of emotions of fear and anger in the society through sentence structure containing neither a subject or object. In this manner people can talk about disagreeable things without mentioning what or whom they are talking about. In the text of this article the author describes in detail how this technique operates in Xokleng society, which he illustrates with several examples of actual use.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Grammar
- Sociolinguistics
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Xokleng
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern South America
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1932-1934
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1932-1934
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Jules Henry
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shokleng Indians