Hasada, Rie (2002). The “Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM)” method for explicating the meaning of words and expressions: A linguistic approach to the study of emotion. 東京外国語大学留学生日本語教育センタ [Bulletin of Japanese Language Center for International Students, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies], 28, 69-102.
Abstract:
The focus of this paper is on the application of the NSM method to the study of emotion terminology. The author shows how the NSM approach can solve problems that cannot be solved by other approaches, especially the problems of ‘translation’, ‘definition’, and ‘ethnocentricity’, which have occurred mainly in non-linguistic, psychological, anthropological, or philosophical work.
No new explications are proposed. The paper is essentially a state-of-the-art report on the NSM framework as it was shaping up around the turn of the century.
Rating:
Research carried out by one or more experienced NSM practitioners
