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. - xii, 352 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
1608194965 9781608194964
English language--Pronoun.
English language--Grammar
425.55
The secret life of pronouns : what our words say about us / James W. Pennebaker. - xii, 352 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
1608194965 9781608194964
English language--Pronoun.
English language--Grammar
425.55