Second Language Acquisition and Emotion
2009 · Book · Jean-Marc Dewaele
Language and emotionsEmotive (Linguistics)Second language acquisitionLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINESLinguisticsPsycholinguistics
A large-scale investigation on how multilinguals feel about their languages and use them to communicate emotion. Combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, the author looks at the factors that affect multilinguals' self-perceived competence, attitudes, communicative anxiety, language choice and code-switching. by Jean-Marc Dewaele