Posted by Orlando Garcia on February 8, 2008
Meaning and Feeling: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Affect by Jay Lemke, Professor in the School of Education, Department of Educational Studies, University of Michigan How does language make us feel? Both when we use a language, and when we respond to the language used by others? What part of meaning is felt, and what…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on September 15, 2006
Language, Feeling, and the Brain: A Pribram-Based Model by Daniel Shanahan, Professor of Communications, Humanities Faculty, Charles University in Prague Linguistic theory since the Cognitive Revolution has followed one of the premises of that revolution by largely sidelining the issue of emotions and concentrating on those aspects of language which are more strictly cognitive. However,…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on February 21, 2003
Bilingualism, Emotions and Cognition by Aneta Pavlenko, Temple University Friday, February 21, 2003 3:00 - 5:00 pm, 370 Dwinelle Hall
Kim, Sujin & Lisa M. Dorner
Volume 05 Issue 2
This article examines the relationship between language and emotion, especially drawing attention to the experiences and perspectives of second language (SL) learners. Informed by the sociocultural perspective on the construction of emotion and its representation, this study highlights the intertwined relationship among emotions, cultural contexts, perceived identities, and languages...
Chamcharatsri, Pisarn Bee
Volume 05 Issue 1
Writing to express emotions can be a challenging task for second language (L2) writers, especially because it tends to be a process that is less addressed in language classrooms. This paper aims to expand thinking on L2 literacy and writing by exploring how L2 writers can express emotion (fear) through narratives...
Lvovich, Natasha
Volume 04 Issue 2
This interdisciplinary article explores the relationship between multilingualism and synesthesia (neuro-psychological blend of senses). In the absence of research in any of the related fields, the author (a multilingual, a L2 scholar, a writer, and a synesthete all at once) views synesthesia through the lens of “translingual texts” ...