The series Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science is designed to illuminate a field which not only includes general linguistics and the study of lin

This book analyses the signals people use to express emotion, looking at the social, cultural and political functions of emotional language.

The Handbook consists of four major sections. Each section is introduced by a main article: Theories of Emotion – General Aspects Perspectives in Communicatio

The Handbook consists of four major sections. Each section is introduced by a main article: Theories of Emotion – General Aspects Perspectives in Communicatio

Emotions have long been a central concern in philosophy, psychological and sociological studies. When anthropologists began to study emotion, they challenged ma