THE LANGUAGE OF EMOTIONS -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1. The LAUD symposium on "The language of emotions" -- 2. "Emotionology" as a thriving research domain -- 3. Structure of the volume -- I. Theoretical issues in the analysis of emotions in language -- II. The conceptualization of emotions in specific cultures -- III. Developmental approaches to the language of emotions -- IV. The language of emotions in discourse -- 4. Epilogue: A laudatio for Anna Wierzbicka -- References -- I. THEORETICAL ISSUES IN THE ANALYSIS OF EMOTIONS IN LANGUAGE -- Is the "psychologic" of trust universal? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Twelve propositions relating to "trust" -- 3. Procedure -- 4. Results -- 5. Discussion -- List of abbreviations -- References -- The expressive function of language: Towards a cognitive semantic approach -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Expressive semantics: A historical excursion -- 3. Cognition and emotion: The psychological distinction -- 4. The communication of ideas and emotions -- 5. Linguistic forms with expressive function -- 6. Cognitive semantics and the expressive function of language -- 7. Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Toward a semiotic theory of affect -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The logic of affect -- 3. Piecemeal research is inadequate -- 4. Grounding a theory of affect -- 4.1. Adinity and autism -- 4.2. Affective expressions as indexical -- 5. Affect involves movements -- 5.1. Invoking the theory of abstraction -- 5.2. Are some affective expressions prewired? -- 6. Closing remarks -- Notes -- References -- Emotions as cause and the cause of emotions -- 1. General overview -- 2. Emotion as cause -- 2.1. Emotion as the uncontrollable cause of a process -- 2.2. Emotion as a controllable or uncontrollable source of action -- 2.3. Emotion as circumstantial or instrumental cause.

2.4. Summary of emotional causality -- 3. The cause of emotions -- 3.2. At: the cause of emotions as a target -- 3.3. About: the cause of emotions as abstract motion on a surface -- 3.4. Over: the cause of emotions as concrete motion along a surface -- 4. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- II. THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF EMOTIONS IN SPECIFIC CULTURES -- Dholuo emotional language: An overview -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Geographical setting of Dholuo -- 1.2. Language and non-verbal communication -- 1.3. Emotion as a culture-specific concept -- 1.4. Emotional language in Leech's classification -- 1.5. A working definition of emotional language -- 2. Dholuo emotional language -- 2.1. Suprasegmentals expressing emotions -- 2.2. The emotional lexicon of Dholuo -- 2.3. Cognitive basis for emotions -- 2. 4. Paralanguage expressing emotions -- 2.5. Language art expressing emotions -- 3. Conclusion -- References -- Dictionaries -- The prepositions we use in the construal of emotion: Why do we say fed up with but sick and tired of?1 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. By -- 3. With -- 4. At -- 5. About -- 6. Of -- 7. To -- 8. For -- 9. Over -- 10. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Space, reference, and emotional involvement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Spatial reference and diminutives -- 2.1. Spatial regions -- 2.2. Diminutives in Spanish -- 3. Interpersonal reference -- 4. Temporal reference and the realis/irrealis space -- 5. Generalized reference and emotional involvement -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Surprise, surprise: The iconicity-conventionality scale of emotions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The linguistic exponents of surprise -- 2.1. Interjections -- 2.2. Expletives vs. euphemisms -- 2.3. The speech act of surprise -- 2.4. The idioms of surprise -- 3. The iconicity-conventionality scale -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References.

III. DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACHES TO EMOTIONS -- The acquisition of verbal expressions for internal states in German A descriptive, explorative, longitudinal study -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Lexical development -- 3. Development of emotion concepts -- 4. Affective state and language acquisition -- 5. Method -- 5.1. Data -- 5.2. Participants -- 5.3. Methods of data analysis -- 6. Results -- 6.1. The acquisition of verbal expressions for internal states and emotional events in relation to age -- 6.2. The acquisition of verbal expressions for internal states and emotional -- 7. Discussion -- Notes -- References -- On the usage of emotional language: A developmental view of the tip of an iceberg -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General remarks on the conceptualization of emotions: Irrationality vs. responsibility -- 2.1. Versions of irrationality -- 2.2. Emotions and responsibility -- 2.3. A crucial feature of our emotional life which hardly fits the traditional framework: Demonstration -- 2.4. Explication of the example -- 3. Social Constructionist account of emotions and the issue of development -- 3.1. Basic concepts of the Social Constructionist theory of emotion and the language of emotions -- 3.2. The natural-conventional transition problem within the Social Constructionist -- 4. A Vygotskyan solution to the Natural-Conventional Transition Problem -- 4.1. Vygotsky 's legacy -- 4.2. Some elements for a linguistically viable picture of emotional development -- Acknowledgement -- Notes -- References -- Emotion talk(s): The role of perspective in the construction of emotions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Language as a tool to explore emotions -- 2.7. Anna Wierzbicka's "universalsemantics" -- 2.2. Rom Harré's "emotionology" -- 3. A "linguistic-constructivist" approach to emotions -- 3.1. References to emotions as indexes.

3.2. References to emotions in third-person accounts -- 3.3. References to emotions in first-person accounts -- 3.4. Talk about having two emotions at the same time -- 4. Emotions as linguistic construction types -- Notes -- References -- A response to Michael Bamberg -- References -- IV. EMOTIONS IN DISCOURSE -- French interjections and their use in discourse1 ah dis donc les vieux souvenirs -- 1. Introduction and background -- 2. Methods -- 3. Interjections - the traditional view -- 4. Analysis of the data -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- The contextualization of affect in reported dialogues -- 1. An interactional approach to the study of language and affect -- 2. Affect display in reported speech -- 2.1. Reported speech as "reflexive language" -- 3. The contextualization of affect in reproduced complaints -- 3.1. The narrators reproduce their own complaints -- 3.2. The narrators reproduce complaints directed towards them -- 3.3. Reconstructions of overheard complaints -- 3.4. Reconstructions from "hearsay" -- 3.5. Reconstructions of hypothetical complaints -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: Transcription conventions -- Nonverbal expression of emotions in a business negotiation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Research in business communication -- 2.1. General goals of the present study -- 2.2. The established research instrument: The Kelley-game -- 2.3. The established research paradigm: Hofstede's multicultural study (1980) -- 2.3.1. Power distance -- 2.3.2. Individualism vs. collectivism -- 2.3.3. Masculinity vs. femininity -- 2.3.4. Uncertainty avoidance -- 3. Nonverbal communication -- 3.1. Proxemics -- 3.2. Body postures -- 3.3. Gestures -- 3.3.1. Illustrators -- 3.3.2. Adaptors -- 3.4. Facial expression -- 3.5. Paralanguage -- 4. Hofstede's indices and nonverbal communication -- 4.1. Power distance.

4.2. Individualism vs. collectivism -- 4.3. Masculinity vs. femininity -- 4.4. Uncertainty avoidance -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Emotions and emotional language in English and German news stories -- 1. Introduction: The varying emotional impact of newspaper texts -- 2. Emotions and the communicative framework of news stories -- 3. The notion of emotional inferencing -- 4. Principles of inferencing, strategies, and linguistic triggers -- The principle of proximity -- The principle of animacy (homocentric principle) -- The principle of rank and number -- The principle of emotional evaluation -- The principle of intensity of presentation -- The principle of emotional content -- 5. The classification of emotions -- 6. The Tokyo nerve gas attack - a sample interpretation -- 7. The emotional impact of quality papers and popular papers: Some hypotheses -- Notes -- References -- Subject Index.