On Japanese and German terms of emotions and their taxonomy

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  • 日独感情用語とその分類についての一試論
  • ヒドクカンジョウ ヨウゴ ト ソノ ブンルイ ニ ツイテ ノ イチ シロン

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In this paper I aim to classify Japanese and German emotion terms for historical study. I divide the emotion terms in class terms and repertory terms. I use “Kanjou （感情）” as the most comprehensive class term of what we think about emotions and affective states, and I survey its history in Japan using a secondary material. Next, I make it clear that the German emotion class terms had changed between eighteenth and nineteenth century, from Gemütsbewegung (Gemüthsbewegung) to Gefühl, and that the function of the sub-class terms such as Affect (Affekt) and Leidenschaft also had changed. As a result, I decide to use Kanjou for the nineteenth century German Gefühl, Joudou （情動）for Affekt, Jounen （情 念）for Leidenschaft.

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