Emotion in Interaction

ISBN-13: 9780199730735 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 326 str.

Marja-Leena Sorjonen; Anssi Per Kyl

Opis

The importance of emotion in everyday interactions has become a central topic of research in a wide variety of disciplines, including linguistics, sociology, social psychology, anthropology, and communication. Emotion in Interaction offers a collection of original studies that explore emotion in naturally occurring spoken interaction. The articles examine both the verbal and non-verbal resources for expressing emotional stance (lexicon, syntax, prosody, laughter, crying, facial expression), the emotional aspects of action sequences (e.g. news delivery and conflicts), and the role of emotions in institutional interaction (medical consultations, psychotherapy, health visiting and helpline calls). What unites the articles is an understanding of the expression of emotion and the construction of emotional stances as a process that both shapes and is shaped by the interactional context.

Recenzje

The book invites the reader to further explore how we display and react to emotions. It is a major contribution to the field, allowing for many new insights.

O autorze

Anssi Peräkylä is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Helsinki. Marja-Leena Sorjonen is Professor of Finnish Language at the University of Helsinki.