Pennebaker, James W.
The secret life of pronouns : what our words say about us / / by: Bloomsbury Press - 1st U.S. edition - New York : Bloomsbury Press 2011. - xii, 352 p. ill. 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-333) and index.
Discovering the secret life of the most forgettable words -- Ignoring the content, celebrating the style -- The words of sex, age, and power -- Personality: finding the person within -- Emotion detection -- Lying words -- The language of status, power, and leadership -- The language of love -- Seeing groups, companies, and communities through their words -- Word sleuthing -- Appendix: a handy guide for spotting and interpreting function words in the wild.
Draws on groundbreaking research in computational linguistics to explain what language choices reveal about feelings, self-concept, and social intelligence, in a lighthearted treatise that also explores the language personalities of famous individuals.
9781608194803 1608194809
2011001289
English language--Pronoun.
English language--Grammar.
ინგლისური ენა
PE1261 / .P46 2011
425/.55
811.111 / P-41
The secret life of pronouns : what our words say about us / / by: Bloomsbury Press - 1st U.S. edition - New York : Bloomsbury Press 2011. - xii, 352 p. ill. 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-333) and index.
Discovering the secret life of the most forgettable words -- Ignoring the content, celebrating the style -- The words of sex, age, and power -- Personality: finding the person within -- Emotion detection -- Lying words -- The language of status, power, and leadership -- The language of love -- Seeing groups, companies, and communities through their words -- Word sleuthing -- Appendix: a handy guide for spotting and interpreting function words in the wild.
Draws on groundbreaking research in computational linguistics to explain what language choices reveal about feelings, self-concept, and social intelligence, in a lighthearted treatise that also explores the language personalities of famous individuals.
9781608194803 1608194809
2011001289
English language--Pronoun.
English language--Grammar.
ინგლისური ენა
PE1261 / .P46 2011
425/.55
811.111 / P-41