PhD defence: Stine Mosekjær

In order to obtain the PhD degree, Stine Mosekjær has submitted her thesis entitled: The Understanding of Emotion Words by Chinese and - Japanese Speakers of English as a Lingua Franca - An Empirical Study

Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 09:00 to 11:00

The purpose of this thesis is to examine how Japanese and Chinese speakers of English as a lingua franca understand and use the emotion words guilty, ashamed, and proud. By exploring empirical data I examine: (1) how Japanese and Chinese participants understand and use the three stimulus words; (2) if their understanding and use differ from that of native English speakers, and (3) if so, what these differences are. The study is theoretically and conceptually founded in the literature of the interplay between language, culture, and thought and draws on notions from the fields of cross-cultural semantics and emotions. In addition to this, a new methodological framework is developed. Analysis of the data suggests that the understanding and use of the stimulus words by the Chinese and Japanese non-native English speakers differ from that of native English speakers.
 
Primary Supervisor:
Professor Per Durst-Andersen
Department of International Business Communication
Copenhagen Business School
 
Secondary supervisor:
Associate Professor Dorte Lønsmann
Department of International Business Communication
Copenhagen Business School
 
Assessment Committee:
Associate Professor Viktor Smith (Chair)
Department of International Business Communication
Copenhagen Business School

Associate Professor Carsten Levisen
Department of Communication and Arts
Roskilde University

Associate Professor Miki Shibata
Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences
Hiroshima University
 
Thesis:
The thesis is available here
 
Reception:
The Doctoral School of Business and Management will host a reception, which will take place immediately after the defence  in “Sidevognen”, next to the canteen.

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