Bilingual Minds: Emotional Experience, Expression, and Representation

by Aneta Pavlenko (Editor)

Do bi- and multilinguals perceive themselves differently in their respective languages? Do they experience different emotions? How do they express emotions and do they have a favourite language for emotional expression? How are emotion words and concepts represented in the bi- and multilingual lexicons? This ground-breaking book opens up a new field of study, bilingualism and emotions, and provides intriguing answers to these and many related questions.

Genres: Linguistics

344 pages, Paperback

First published March 9, 2006