The secret life of pronouns : what our words say about us /
Pennebaker, James W.
The secret life of pronouns : what our words say about us / James W. Pennebaker. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2011. - xii, 352 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-333) and index.
Discovering the secret life of the most forgettable words -- Ignoring the content, celebrating the style -- The words of sex, age, and power -- Personality : finding the person within -- Emotion detection -- Lying words -- The language of status, power, and leadership -- The language of love -- Seeing groups, companies, and communities through their words -- Word sleuthing -- Appendix : A handy guide for spotting and interpreting function words in the wild.
Draws on groundbreaking research in computational linguistics to explain what language choices reveal about feelings, self-concept, and social intelligence, in a lighthearted treatise that also explores the language personalities of famous individuals.
9781608194803 1608194809
40019787140
2011001289
English language--Pronoun.
English language--Grammar.
English language--Pronoun.
English language--Grammar.
PE 1261 / .P46 2011
The secret life of pronouns : what our words say about us / James W. Pennebaker. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2011. - xii, 352 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-333) and index.
Discovering the secret life of the most forgettable words -- Ignoring the content, celebrating the style -- The words of sex, age, and power -- Personality : finding the person within -- Emotion detection -- Lying words -- The language of status, power, and leadership -- The language of love -- Seeing groups, companies, and communities through their words -- Word sleuthing -- Appendix : A handy guide for spotting and interpreting function words in the wild.
Draws on groundbreaking research in computational linguistics to explain what language choices reveal about feelings, self-concept, and social intelligence, in a lighthearted treatise that also explores the language personalities of famous individuals.
9781608194803 1608194809
40019787140
2011001289
English language--Pronoun.
English language--Grammar.
English language--Pronoun.
English language--Grammar.
PE 1261 / .P46 2011