It is widely accepted that emotional expressions can be rich communicative devices. We can
learn much from the tears of a grieving friend, the smiles of an affable stranger, or the …

The relationship between language and emotion can be viewed from two angles. First,
language, in a broad sense, can be viewed as being done emo tive. Taking this angle, it is …

The task of developing a unified pragmatics of emotive communication poses many
interesting challenges for future research. This paper outlines some areas in which more …

The author argues that the so-called “basic emotions”, such as happiness, fear or anger, are
in fact cultural artifacts of the English language, just as the Ilongot concept of liget, or the …

As part of the debate between theory‐theorists and simulation‐theorists in the philosophy of
mind, there is the question of how we think about the emotions of other people. It is the aim …

Interest in human emotion no longer equates to unscientific speculation. 21st-century
humanities scholars are paying serious attention to our capacity to express emotions and …

The relationship between language and emotions can be viewed from two angles. First,
language, in a broad sense, can be viewed as being done (performed)'emotively'. Taking …

Emotions in Man and Animals in 1872, questions about the nature and purpose of emotional
expressions have represented some of the most intriguing and enduring conundrums in the …

This paper reports on some recent work on affectivity, or emotive involvement, in
conversational storytelling. After presenting the approach, some case studies of the display …

Emotion expressions convey information. One important kind of information, from a
communicative perspective, is information about what is demanded of the recipients of the …