| Author |
Pennebaker, James W.
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| Publication |
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2011.
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| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 352 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Call # |
eBOOK |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-333) 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
English language -- Pronoun.
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English language -- Grammar.
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English language -- Social aspects.
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English language -- Psychological aspects.
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| Genre |
Electronic books. |
| Addl. Author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| Related To |
Print version: Pennebaker, James W. Secret life of pronouns. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2011 1608194809 (DLC) 2011001289 (OCoLC)682894538 |
| ISBN |
9781608194971 (electronic bk.) |
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1608194973 (electronic bk.) |
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