Emotions in Multiple Languages

by Jean-Marc Dewaele

Alarge-scale investigation on how multilinguals feel about their languages and use them to communicate emotion. Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, the author looks at the factors that affect multilinguals' self-perceived competence, attitudes, communicative anxiety, language choice and code-switching.

Genres: Linguistics

280 pages, Hardcover

First published September 29, 2009

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

In a nutshell, this is an in-depth analysis of native and foreign language use by multilinguals and how they express and perceive emotions in their different languages. The authors of the study look at many variables and you can also find excerpts from relevant interviews with study participants. I consider this to be a definite must-read for any researcher studying the connection between languages known and used and expression of emotions, but also for teachers, psychotherapists and counselors working in multicultural contexts, multilinguals who want to better understand themselves and their use of their languages, etc.