Epilogue

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Theory
5. The developmental psychology and neuropsychology of emotion in language 3
6. Primal emotions and cultural evolution of language: 27
7. Emotion on board 49
8. The origins of emotion and language from the perspective of developmental neuropsychology 69
9. Language and emotion in Merleau-Ponty 99
10. Enkinaesthetic polyphony: 113
11. Emotion in language 135
12. Language and emotion 157
13. Prosodic clustering in speech: From emotional to semantic processes 175
14. Embodied language and the process of language learning and teaching 191
15. Research
16. Research on the relationship between language and emotion - A descriptive overview 211
17. Word valence and its effects 241
18. The occurrence of idioms in the emotion lexicon of children 257
19. "Without language, everything is chaos and confusion ..." 273
20. Giving horror a name 289
21. Mediated emotions 305
22. Silences as a linguistic strategy Remarks on the role of the unsaid in romantic relationships on the internet 325
23. Application
24. Gradients of plasticity 343
25. Mood, aphasia, and affective language comprehension 367
26. What words can’t tell: 399
27. Affective and internal state language in high-functioning autism 421
28. Epilogue 445
29. Index 453