Chapter 12. Rethinking Martin & White’s affect taxonomy
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Miguel-Ángel Benítez-Castro
Abstract
Utterance production/interpretation depends unmistakably on emotional contexts. This makes the analysis of emotion in language fascinating and difficult, as it permeates all levels of linguistic description. Appraisal Theory is a powerful instrument intended to capture the subtleties of emotion in discourse. Its status as an open-ended tool, though, reveals a need for more sharply defined categories. Whilst the appreciation subsystem has already been elaborated, affect seems to require further refinement. In this chapter, we do so by using corpus evidence and drawing inspiration mainly from three psychological approaches to emotion: appraisal theories, construction theories and neuroscience. In emphasizing the notion of goal as the foundation of all emotion types, our revised model aims to describe emotional instances in more detail.
Abstract
Utterance production/interpretation depends unmistakably on emotional contexts. This makes the analysis of emotion in language fascinating and difficult, as it permeates all levels of linguistic description. Appraisal Theory is a powerful instrument intended to capture the subtleties of emotion in discourse. Its status as an open-ended tool, though, reveals a need for more sharply defined categories. Whilst the appreciation subsystem has already been elaborated, affect seems to require further refinement. In this chapter, we do so by using corpus evidence and drawing inspiration mainly from three psychological approaches to emotion: appraisal theories, construction theories and neuroscience. In emphasizing the notion of goal as the foundation of all emotion types, our revised model aims to describe emotional instances in more detail.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Acknowledgements xi
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Introduction
- Chapter 1. Emotion processes in discourse 3
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Section I. Emotion, syntax and the lexicon
- Chapter 2. The multifunctionality of swear/taboo words in television series 29
- Chapter 3. The syntax of an emotional expletive in English 55
- Chapter 4. Interjections and emotions 87
- Chapter 5. Expressing emotions without emotional lexis 113
- Chapter 6. The value of left and right 139
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Section II. Pragmatics and emotion
- Chapter 7. A cognitive pragmatics of the phatic Internet 161
- Chapter 8. Humor and mirth 189
- Chapter 9. My anger was justified surely? 213
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Section III. Interdisciplinary studies
- Chapter 10. Emotion and language ‘at work’ 247
- Chapter 11. The effects of linguistic proficiency, Trait Emotional Intelligence and in-group advantage on emotion recognition by British and American English L1 users 279
- Chapter 12. Rethinking Martin & White’s affect taxonomy 301
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Section IV. Emotion in different discourse types
- Chapter 13. Victims, heroes and villains in newsbites 335
- Chapter 14. Promoemotional science? 357
- Name index 387
- Subject index 395
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Acknowledgements xi
-
Introduction
- Chapter 1. Emotion processes in discourse 3
-
Section I. Emotion, syntax and the lexicon
- Chapter 2. The multifunctionality of swear/taboo words in television series 29
- Chapter 3. The syntax of an emotional expletive in English 55
- Chapter 4. Interjections and emotions 87
- Chapter 5. Expressing emotions without emotional lexis 113
- Chapter 6. The value of left and right 139
-
Section II. Pragmatics and emotion
- Chapter 7. A cognitive pragmatics of the phatic Internet 161
- Chapter 8. Humor and mirth 189
- Chapter 9. My anger was justified surely? 213
-
Section III. Interdisciplinary studies
- Chapter 10. Emotion and language ‘at work’ 247
- Chapter 11. The effects of linguistic proficiency, Trait Emotional Intelligence and in-group advantage on emotion recognition by British and American English L1 users 279
- Chapter 12. Rethinking Martin & White’s affect taxonomy 301
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Section IV. Emotion in different discourse types
- Chapter 13. Victims, heroes and villains in newsbites 335
- Chapter 14. Promoemotional science? 357
- Name index 387
- Subject index 395
