Language, Expressivity and Cognition

Hardback

Main Details

Title Language, Expressivity and Cognition
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Mikolaj Deckert
Edited by Piotr Pezik
Edited by Raffaele Zago
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/Genrelinguistics
Sociolinguistics
ISBN/Barcode 9781350332867
ClassificationsDewey:401.9
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 13 bw illus

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publication Date 23 February 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

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

Reviews

A welcome addition to linguistic emotion research, with diverse and multi-methodological studies on a range of languages and different data types, including on topics of high social relevance. -- Monika Bednarek, University of Sydney, Australia