Emotions in Multiple Languages

J. Dewaele

ISBN 10: 1403943168 / ISBN 13: 9781403943163

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan UK Aug 2010, 2010

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Neuware - This is the first large-scale investigation on how multilinguals feel about their languages and use them to communicate emotion. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches, Jean-Marc Dewaele looks at the factors that affect multilinguals' self-perceived competence, attitudes, communicative anxiety, language choice and code-switching when expressing feelings, anger and when swearing. Nearly 1600 multilinguals from all over the world participated in the research. The results suggest that how and when a language was learnt determines future use and communicative anxiety. Aspects such as present use of the language, the total number of languages known, and the level of emotional intelligence also play an important role. Interviews with participants reveal the importance of cultural factors and show how the slow process of acculturation in a new community is accompanied by gradual changes in language preferences to communicate emotions.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Emotions in Multiple Languages
• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan UK Aug 2010
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1403943168
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781403943163
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu

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Synopsis

Alarge-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.

À propos de l?auteur

Jean-Marc Dewaele is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. He has published widely on individual differences in psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, pragmatic, psychological and emotional aspects of Second Language Acquisition and Multilingualism. He is president of the European Second Language Association (2007-2011) and Convenor of the AILA Research Network Multilingualism: Acquisition and Use.