Pragmatics and Emotion

by Louis de Saussure and Tim Wharton

Book Overview

It has long been received wisdom in semantics and pragmatics that 'the head' and 'the heart' are two opposing forces, a view that has led scholars, until now, to explore the mental processes behind cognition, and the mental processes behind emotion, as two separate entities. This bold, innovative book challenges this view, and provides an original study of how we communicate our emotions through language, drawing on both pragmatic theory and affective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108835961
• ISBN13: 9781108835961
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"