The secret life of pronouns : what our words say about us / James W. Pennebaker.
Title:
The secret life of pronouns : what our words say about us / James W. Pennebaker.
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Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Publication:
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, 2011.
Publication Date:
2011
ISBN:
9781608194803
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
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.
Content Type:
text
Carrier Type:
volume
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Undetermined
