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Language and Emotion

By Wilce, James M.

Language and Emotion

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Language is a means we use to communicate feelings; we also reflect emotionally on the language we and others use. James Wilce analyses the signals people use to express emotion, looking at the social, cultural and political functions of emotional language around the world. The book demonstrates that speaking, feeling, reflecting, and identifying are interrelated processes and shows how desire or shame are attached to language. Drawing on nearly one hundred ethnographic case studies, it demonstrates the cultural diversity, historical emergence, and political significance of emotional language. Wilce brings together insights from linguistics and anthropology to survey an extremely broad range of genres, cultural concepts, and social functions of emotional expression.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
246
Release Date:
2009-04-09
Publication Date:
2009-04-09
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
05218054810521682827
ISBN13:
9780521682824
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
362 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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