The flavours of love: A cross-cultural lexical analysis
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Lomas, T. 2018. The flavours of love: A cross-cultural lexical analysis. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. 48, pp. 134-152. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12158
Authors | Lomas, T. |
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Abstract | Linguists have often remarked upon the polysemous nature of love, whereby the term encompasses a wide diversity of emotional relationships. Several typologies have been constructed to account for this diversity. However, these tend to be restricted in scope, and fail to represent the range of experiences signified by the term ‘love’ in discourse. In the interest of generating an expanded typology of love, encompassing its varied forms, an enquiry was conducted into relevant concepts found across the world’s cultures, focusing on so-called untranslatable words. Through a quasi-systematic search of published and internet sources, 609 relevant words were identified. These were organised through a version of grounded theory into 14 categories, representing 14 different types of love. The result is an expanded theoretical treatment of love, allowing us to better appreciate the nuances of this most cherished and yet polysemous of concepts. |
Journal | Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour |
Journal citation | 48, pp. 134-152 |
ISSN | 0021-8308 |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Accepted author manuscript | License |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12158 |
Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12158 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 03 Jan 2018 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 02 Jan 2018 |
Accepted | 03 Nov 2017 |
Accepted | 03 Nov 2017 |
Copyright information | © 2018 Wiley. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Lomas, Tim (2017) ‘The flavours of love: A cross-cultural lexical analysis’, Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12158. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
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