Pragmatics and Emotion

It has long been received wisdom in semantics and pragmatics that 'the head' and 'the heart' are two opposing forces, a view that has led scholars, until now, to explore the mental processes behind cognition, and the mental processes behind emotion, as two separate entities. This bold, innovative book challenges this view, and provides an original study of how we communicate our emotions through language, drawing on both pragmatic theory and affective science. It begins with the assumption that emotional or expressive meaning plays such a central role in human interaction that any pragmatic theory worth its salt must account for it. It meets the associated challenges head-on and strives to integrate affect within one theory of utterance interpretation, showing that emotional meaning and rationality/reasoning can be analysed within one framework. Written in a clear and concise style, it is essential reading for anyone interested in communication and emotion.

Author: Tim Wharton, Louis de Saussure
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/21/2023
Pages: 250
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9781108835961

About the Author
Wharton, Tim: - Tim Wharton is a linguist based at the University of Brighton. His research explores territories beyond those regarded as the 'traditional' fields of linguists and as a result, he has worked with poets, artists, clinicians, designers and even mathematicians to expand the boundaries of linguistic pragmatics.de Saussure, Louis: - Louis de Saussure is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) where he co-founded the Cognitive Science Centre. He has published extensively in semantics, in pragmatics and in discourse analysis.