Emotional lexicons : continuity and change in the vocabulary of feeling 1700-2000

Emotional lexicons : continuity and change in the vocabulary of feeling 1700-2000 / Ute Frevert [and eight others].

Emotions are as old as humankind. But what do we know about them and what importance do we assign to them? 'Emotional Lexicons' is a cultural history of terms of emotion found in German, French, and English language encyclopaedias since the late 17th century.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frevert, Ute (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Series:Emotions in history.
Subjects:
Emotions > Terminology > History.
German language > Lexicology, Historical.
French language > Lexicology, Historical.
English language > Lexicology, Historical.
77.46 emotions.
French language > Lexicology, Historical
Deutsch
Englisch
Französisch
Gefühl
Lexikon
Wortschatz
Terminologi.
Känslor > historia.
Tyska språket.
Engelska språket.
Franska språket.
History
History (form)
Online Access:Click for online access
Description
Summary:Emotions are as old as humankind. But what do we know about them and what importance do we assign to them? 'Emotional Lexicons' is a cultural history of terms of emotion found in German, French, and English language encyclopaedias since the late 17th century.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191757662
0191757667
9780191667428
0191667420
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 19, 2014).

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