There Are No Words.

• Autores: Steve Mirsky
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 314, Nº. 4, 2016, págs. 80-80
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article focuses on the paper "Towards a Positive Cross-Cultural Lexicography: Enriching Our Emotional Landscape through 216 'Untranslatable' Words Pertaining to Well-Being" by psychologist Tim Lomas in the "Journal of Positive Psychology." It states the paper examines words in other languages which are difficult to translate and provides some examples in Yiddish, German, and Swedish. It mentions Lomas' research can be found online at http://www.drtimlomas.com/lexicography.