Emotions and Multilingualism (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction) - Softcover

Pavlenko, Aneta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521045770 ISBN 13: 9780521045773

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

How do bilinguals experience emotions? Do they perceive and express emotions similarly or differently in their respective languages? Does the first language remain forever the language of the heart? What role do emotions play in second language learning and in language attrition? Why do some writers prefer to write in their second language? In this provocative and ground-breaking book, Aneta Pavlenko challenges the monolingual bias of modern linguistics and psychology and uses the lens of bi- and multilingualism to offer a fresh perspective on the relationship between language and emotions. This book will appeal to scholars and researchers across many discplines.

About this title

Book Description:

How do bilinguals experience emotions? Do they perceive and express emotions similarly or differently in their respective languages? Does the first language remain forever the language of the heart? In this provocative and ground-breaking book, Pavlenko challenges the monolingual bias of modern linguistics and psychology. Bringing together insights from the fields of linguistics, neurolinguistics, psychology, anthropology, psychoanalysis, and literary theory, Pavlenko presents a unique and comprehensive introduction to this cross-disciplinary movement. This is a highly readable and thought provoking book that draws on both empirical data and first hand accounts.

About the Author:

Dr. Aneta Pavlenko is Associate Professor of TESOL at the College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia. She is the author of many articles and co-editor of Multilingualism, Second Language Learning and Gender (Mouton de Gruyter, 2001), Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Context (Multilingual Matters, 2004), and Gender and English Language Learners (TESOL, 2004).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521045770
• ISBN 13: 9780521045773
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320