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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465039103321

Titolo

Linguistic approaches to emotions in context / / edited by Fabienne Baider, University of Cyprus, Georgeta Cislaru, Université Sorbonne nouvelle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

90-272-7074-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond new series (P&BNS), , 0922-842X ; ; volume 241

Altri autori (Persone)

BaiderFabienne H

CislaruGeorgeta

Disciplina

417/.7

Soggetti

Language and emotions

Emotive (Linguistics)

Emotions and cognition

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. Emotion, philosophy and language -- part II. Expressing and interpreting emotion -- part III. Doing emotion : prosody -- part IV. Pragmatic use of emotion.

Sommario/riassunto

In this article I examine ways in which emotional distance is narrated in autobiographical accounts of language learning and then I suggest how these insights might inform the pedagogic goal of integrating creativity and emotion in language teaching. Citing extracts from autobiographical interviews (with British adults who had learnt French or German) I show how learners valorize the language learning experience, both linguistically (through ludic engagement with new semiotic resources) and culturally (through self-positioning as cosmopolitan outsiders). My claim is that this type of narrative