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Title The language of emotions : conceptualization, expression, and theoretical foundation / edited by Susanne Niemeier, René Dirven
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, [1997]
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Description xviii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction / Susanne Niemeier -- Is the "psychologic" of trust universal? / Jan Smedslund -- The expressive function of language: Towards a cognitive semantic approach / Ad Foolen -- Toward a semiotic theory of affect / John W. Oller, Jr. and Anne Wiltshire -- Emotions as cause and the cause of emotions / Rene Dirven -- Dholuo emotional language: An overview / Lucia Omondi -- The prepositions we use in the construal of emotions: Why do we say fed up with but sick and tired of? / Meredith Osmond -- Space, reference, and emotional involvement / Carlos Inchaurralde -- Surprise, surprise: The iconicity-conventionality scale of emotions / Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky -- The acquisition of verbal expressions for internal states in German: A descriptive, explorative, longitudinal study / Christina Kauschke and Gisela Klann-Delius -- On the usage of emotional language: A developmental view of the tip of an iceberg / Peter Bodor
Emotion talk(s): The role of perspective in the construction of emotions / Michael Bamberg -- A response to Michael Bamberg / Anna Wierzbicka -- French interjections and their use in discourse / Martina Drescher -- The contextualization of affect in reported dialogues / Susanne Gunthner -- Nonverbal expression of emotions in a business negotiation / Susanne Niemeier -- Emotions and emotional language in English and German new stories / Friedrich Ungerer
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"--Introduction
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Body language -- Congresses.
Emotions and cognition -- Congresses.
Emotions -- Congresses.
Emotions -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
Emotions -- Sociological aspects -- Congresses.
Interpersonal communication -- Congresses.
Language and emotions -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Dirven, René.
Niemeier, Susanne, 1960-
International L.A.U.D.-Symposium (21st : 1995 : Duisburg, Germany)
LC no. 97004952
ISBN 1556195141 alkaline paper
902722160X Eur
9781556195143 alkaline paper
9789027221605 Eur