A lexicon-based diachronic comparison of emotions and sentiments in literary translation: A case study of five Chinese versions of David Copperfield

• Yan Li,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations College of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua City, China, Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation, Beijing International Studies University, Beijing City, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4803-3712

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• Muhammad Afzaal ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: muhammad.afzaal1185@gmail.com; Afzaal@shisu.edu.cn

  Affiliation Institute of Corpus Studies and Applications, Shanghai International Studies University, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4649-781X

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• Yixin Yin

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Press Institute, Beijing Institution of Graphic Communication, Beijing City, China

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