Language and Emotion

by James M. Wilce

Book Overview

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. His 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521682827
• ISBN13: 9780521682824
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"