Saudade: A Key Portuguese Emotion

Date

2012

Authors

Bulat Silva, Zuzanna

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Sage Publications Inc

Abstract

I analyze the linguistic picture of the Portuguese emotion saudade, roughly "nostalgia," in an attempt to show its cultural significance and contradict the view that nostalgia is a marginal feeling, deprived of any practical function.

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Keywords: culture; emotion; fado; natural semantic metalanguage; saudade

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Emotion Review

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Journal article

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