37.1290, Books: Affect Expression in Language, Culture, and Social Context: Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk and Trojszczak (eds.) (2026)

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Date: 31-Mar-2026
From: Rosanna Woensdregt [rosanna.woensdregt at degruyterbrill.com]
Subject: Affect Expression in Language, Culture, and Social Context: Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk and Trojszczak (eds.) (2026)


Title: Affect Expression in Language, Culture, and Social Context
Series Title: Brill’s Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: De Gruyter Brill
           https://www.degruyterbrill.com/?changeLang=en
Book URL: https://brill.com/display/title/73317

Editor(s): Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk and Marcin Trojszczak

ISBN hardback: 978-90-04-74704-3
ISBN e-book: 978-90-04-74703-6
DOI: 10.1163/9789004747036

Abstract:

This volume sheds light on the complex nature of affect expression by
investigating its various linguistic, cultural and social
manifestations. Divided into two parts, it first explores affective
phenomena from cognitive, comparative and cross-linguistic
perspective, offering novel insights into the conceptualisations and
expression of affect, i.e., emotions, moods, feelings in languages
such as Tok Pisin, Vietnamese, Chinese, Polish, or Romanian. In the
second part of the book, the authors venture into social contexts
where affect and language intersect with everyday interactions (child
socialisation, ironical exchanges), education (mother tongue, boredom
in classroom), and translation. The papers present understanding of
the complex ways affect is expressed in different languages and
cultures and bring these differences to life. The papers are not just
theories; they are examples that show how affect is truly felt,
understood, and communicated.
Readership: The book will be of interest to scholars across
linguistics, cultural studies, psychology, and sociology. It will be
especially valuable for researchers in cognitive and cultural
linguistics, translation studies, and social psychology.

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Semantics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): Chinese (zho)
                     Polish (pol)
                     Romanian (ron)
                     Tok Pisin (tpi)
                     Vietnamese (vie)

Written In: English (eng)



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