Language, Expressivity and Cognition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1350332860 ISBN 13: 9781350332867

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2023

Synopsis

Providing an up-to-date, multi-perspective and cross-linguistic account of the centrality of the expressive function in communication, this book explores the conceptualization of emotions in language and the high emotional ‘temperature’ of a variety of contemporary discourses. Adopting a number of methodological angles, both qualitative and quantitative, the chapters present insights from cognitive linguistics, (critical) discourse analysis, corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics, as well as those resulting from the combination of these approaches. Using a wide variety of data types, from song lyrics and TV series to Twitter posts and political speeches, and through the analysis of a range of languages, including Arabic, English, Polish, Italian, Hungarian, and Turkish, the book offers a panoramic view of the multi-faceted interaction between language, expressivity and cognition.

About this title

About the Author

Mikolaj Deckert is Associate Professor at the University of Lódz, Poland.
Piotr Pezik is Associate Professor at the University of Lódz, Poland.
Raffaele Zago is a researcher at the University of Catania, Italy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350332860
• ISBN 13: 9781350332867
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Deckert Mikolaj