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Language and Emotion: An Introduction: 25 (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, Series Number 25) - Softcover

Wilce, James M.

 
9780521682824: Language and Emotion: An Introduction: 25 (Studies in the Social and Cultural Foundations of Language, Series Number 25)
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ISBN 10: 0521682827 ISBN 13: 9780521682824
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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 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.

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About the Author

James M. Wilce is Professor of Anthropology at Northern Arizona University.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521682827
ISBN 13 
9780521682824
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
244

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