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Arab World English Journal (AWEJ) Volume 16. Number 1, March 2025 Pp.336-348
Department of Foreign Philology, Translation and Teaching Methods, Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav, Suchomlyns’koho St., 30, 08400 Pereiaslav, Ukraine
Department of Germanic Philology, Translation and Foreign Literature, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Ostroz’kyj St., 32, 21100 Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Department of Foreign Languages, Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical University, Ostroz’kyj St., 32, 21100 Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Department of Foreign Philology, Translation and Teaching Methods, Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav, Suchomlyns’koho St., 30, 08400 Pereiaslav, Ukraine
This study explores the cross-cultural equivalence of the emotion concepts (ECs) ESC1 ENVY and Germ.2 NEID through a corpus-based linguistic analysis. Because emotional concepts are shaped by cultural and linguistic contexts, this research investigates the degree of semantic overlap between these ECs. The study employs a comparative analysis of lexical collocations from two major language corpora – iWeb for English and DWDS Webkorpus for German. Findings reveal the fact that despite significant, yet not absolute, equivalence between ENVY and NEID, in the German-speaking community envy is perceived as a more negative and less intense emotional experience. In contrast, in English-speaking cultures, envy closely correlates with jealousy, therefore EC ENVY is somewhat more intense than NEID. Furthermore, the study identifies key conceptual proximates that shape the semantic structures of these emotions, highlighting cross-cultural differences in emotional perception. These findings contribute to intercultural communication research, providing insights into the complexities of translating emotion-related terms. Future research should further explore equivalences across additional languages and cultural contexts to refine cross-linguistic emotion mapping.
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Kostiantyn Mizin is a Professor and the Head of the Department of Foreign Philology, Translation and Teaching Methods at Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav. His expertise includes cross-cultural comparison of universal and culturally specific emotions. In his work, he focuses on the corpus-based methodology for establishing the level of equivalence between the various emotion concepts. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5216-6032
Oleksandr Petrov is an Associate Professor at the Department of Germanic Philology, Translation and Foreign Literature. In his investigations, he focuses on cross-cultural studies of universal and specific concepts, and cognitive aspects of word meaning via corpus-based methodology. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4641-3559
Anastasiia Petrova is an Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages. Her expertise includes a comparative analysis of emotion concepts to establish their common and distinct features in different language communities.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9755-6465
Liubov Letiucha is an Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Philology, Translation and Teaching Methods, Hryhorii Skovoroda University in Pereiaslav. Her specialization includes cross-cultural investigation of emotional aspects of universal and specific concepts and corpus-based methodology of their study. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0481-850X