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Language and Emotion. Volume 2

by Gesine Lenore Schiewer

Book Details

Publisher:Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published:2022-11-07
Pages:698
Format:BOOK
Language:en

Reading Info

About This Book

The handbook Language and Emotion is intended to give a historical and systematic profile of the area. It will aim to connect contemporary and historical theories, approaches, and applications and to cover eastern and western perspectives of language, communication, and emotion. It will present all relevant aspects of language and emotion and thus contribute significantly to research in the field of linguistics and semiotics of emotion.

Our Review

This comprehensive volume offers a systematic exploration of how language and emotion intersect across cultures and historical periods, bridging contemporary theories with foundational perspectives from both Eastern and Western traditions. Schiewer presents a thorough examination of linguistic and semiotic approaches to emotional expression, creating an essential resource for understanding how communication shapes and conveys human feeling. The work stands out for its global scope, connecting diverse theoretical frameworks to reveal the complex relationship between what we say and what we feel.

What distinguishes this handbook is its ambitious synthesis of historical depth with cross-cultural breadth, making it particularly valuable for students and researchers in linguistics, psychology, and communication studies. By presenting emotion as both a linguistic construct and a cultural phenomenon, the volume advances our understanding of how emotional meaning is created and interpreted across different communicative contexts. This contribution significantly expands the scholarly conversation around emotion in language, offering fresh insights for anyone studying the fundamental connections between human expression and emotional experience.

Themes

Language Arts & Disciplines

Subjects

Language Arts & Disciplines