The language of emotions : conceptualization, expression, and theoretical foundation / edited by Susanne Niemeier, René Dirven.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Niemeier, Susanne, 1960-

Dirven, René.

Conference Name:

International L.A.U.D.-Symposium (21st : 1995 : Duisburg, Germany)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions--Congresses.

Emotions.

Emotions and cognition--Congresses.

Emotions and cognition.

Emotions--Sociological aspects--Congresses.

Language and emotions--Congresses.

Language and emotions.

Interpersonal communication--Congresses.

Interpersonal communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Darwin's The Language of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872), emotionology has become a respectable and even thriving research domain again. The domain of human emotions is most important for mankind, emotions being right in the center of our daily lives and interests. A key-role in the interdisciplinary scientific debate about emotions has now been accorded to the study of the language of emotions.The present volume offers a new approach to the study of the language of emotions insofar as it presents theories from very differen

Contents:

THE LANGUAGE OF EMOTIONS; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; I. THEORETICAL ISSUES IN THE ANALYSIS OF EMOTIONS IN LANGUAGE; Is the ""psychologic"" of trust universal?; The expressive function of language: Towards a cognitive semantic approach; Toward a semiotic theory of affect; Emotions as cause and the cause of emotions; II. THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF EMOTIONS IN SPECIFIC CULTURES; Dholuo emotional language: An overview; The prepositions we use in the construal of emotion: Why do we say fed up with but sick and tired of?1; Space, reference, and emotional involvement

Surprise, surprise: The iconicity-conventionality scale of emotionsIII. DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACHES TO EMOTIONS; The acquisition of verbal expressions for internal states in German A descriptive, explorative, longitudinal study; On the usage of emotional language: A developmental view of the tip of an iceberg; Emotion talk(s): The role of perspective in the construction of emotions; A response to Michael Bamberg; IV. EMOTIONS IN DISCOURSE; French interjections and their use in discourse1 ah dis donc les vieux souvenirs; The contextualization of affect in reported dialogues

Nonverbal expression of emotions in a business negotiationEmotions and emotional language in English and German news stories; Subject Index

Notes:

"The present volume is based mainly on contributions to the 21st LAUD symposium, which took place in Duisburg (Germany) on April 10-11, 1995"--Introd.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-17476-6

9786613174765

90-272-8389-3

OCLC:

735627714