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| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | John Benjamins |
| Volume | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789027269201 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789027204073 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Publication series
| Name | Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts |
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The language of emotions: The case of Dalabon (Australia). / Ponsonnet, Maia.
John Benjamins, 2014. (Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts).Research output: Book/Report › Book
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T1 - The language of emotions: The case of Dalabon (Australia)
AU - Ponsonnet, Maia
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The Language of Emotions: The case of Dalabon (Australia) is the first extensive study of the linguistic encoding of emotions in an Australian language, and further, in an endangered, non-European language. Based on first-hand data collected using innovative methods, the monograph describes and analyzes how Dalabon speakers express emotions (using interjections, prosody, evaluative morphology) and the words they use to describe and discuss emotions. Like many languages, Dalabon makes broad use of body-part words in descriptions of emotions. The volume analyzes the figurative functions of these body-part words, as well as their non-figurative functions. Correlations between linguistic features and cultural patterns are systematically questioned. Beyond Australianists and linguists working on emotions, the book will be of interest to anthropological linguists, cognitive linguists, or linguists working on discourse and communication for instance. It is accessible also to non-linguists with an interest in language, in particular anthropologists and psychologists.
AB - The Language of Emotions: The case of Dalabon (Australia) is the first extensive study of the linguistic encoding of emotions in an Australian language, and further, in an endangered, non-European language. Based on first-hand data collected using innovative methods, the monograph describes and analyzes how Dalabon speakers express emotions (using interjections, prosody, evaluative morphology) and the words they use to describe and discuss emotions. Like many languages, Dalabon makes broad use of body-part words in descriptions of emotions. The volume analyzes the figurative functions of these body-part words, as well as their non-figurative functions. Correlations between linguistic features and cultural patterns are systematically questioned. Beyond Australianists and linguists working on emotions, the book will be of interest to anthropological linguists, cognitive linguists, or linguists working on discourse and communication for instance. It is accessible also to non-linguists with an interest in language, in particular anthropologists and psychologists.
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DO - 10.1075/clscc.4
M3 - Book
SN - 9789027204073
VL - 4
T3 - Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts
BT - The language of emotions: The case of Dalabon (Australia)
PB - John Benjamins
ER -