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The secret life of pronouns : what our words say about us / James W. Pennebaker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pennebaker, James W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Pronoun.
- English language.
- English language--Grammar.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 352 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- Discovering the secret life of the most forgettable words
- Ignoring the content, celebrating the style
- The words of sex, age, and power
- Personality: finding the person within
- Emotion detection
- Lying words
- The language of status, power, and leadership
- The language of love
- Seeing groups, companies, and communities through their words
- Word sleuthing
- Appendix: a handy guide for spotting and interpreting function words in the wild.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-333) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781608194971 (electronic bk.)
- 1608194973 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90101492235
- 40019787140
- 9781608194803
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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