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Emotions in multiple languages

A large-scale investigation on how multilinguals feel about their languages and use them to communicate emotion. Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, the author looks at the factors that affect multilinguals' self-perceived competence, attitudes, communicative anxiety, language ch...

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Main Authors: Dewaele, Jean-Marc.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Multilingualism.
Language and emotions.
Multilingual persons > Attitudes.
Bilingualism & multilingualism.
Language teaching theory & methods.
Languages.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230289505
Summary: A large-scale investigation on how multilinguals feel about their languages and use them to communicate emotion. Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, the author looks at the factors that affect multilinguals' self-perceived competence, attitudes, communicative anxiety, language choice and code-switching.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Originally published in: 2010.
Carrier Form: 280 p. : 49 figures, 120 70.
ISBN: 9781403943163
9780230289505 :
0230289509 :
CLC: H0
Contents: List of Figures List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Perspectives on Emotion Epistemological and Methodological Perspectives Method, Research Question and Hypotheses The Independent Variables Results: Self-perceived Competence in Oral and Written Language Results: Communicating Feelings (in general) Results: Communicating Anger and Swearing Results: Attitudes towards Languages and Perception of Emotionality of Swearwords Results: Foreign Language Anxiety Results: Code-switching and Emotion Concluding Remarks References Appendix Index.

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