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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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230289505 |
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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. |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2010. |
Carrier Form: | 280 p. : 49 figures, 120 70. |
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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. |