essay
Registering affect: heteroglossia in the linguistic expression of emotion
language and the politics of emotion • Cambridge [England] • Published In 1990 • Pages: 126-161
By: Irvine, Judith T..
Abstract
Based on a statement by Sapir (1927, 1930) that emotional expression is pervasive in linguistic structure and the communication of personality and emotional states is culturally organized in a speech community, Irvine takes up Sapir's theme of conventionality of affective performance and follows it in relation to the linguistic concept of 'register' -- a coherent complex of linguistic features linked to a situation of use (p. 127), The study of register, says the author, '…is a convenient way to look at the verbal aspects of affective display, because it suggests a set of complementary representations of feelings that are conventionalized among a community of speakers' (p. 127). In much of this study the discussion focuses on styles of speaking in a rural Wolof community -- styles that relate to the representation of affectivity on one hand and social rank on the other.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field Date
- 1970-1971,1975,1977,1984
- Coverage Date
- 1970-1971, 1975,1977, 1984
- Coverage Place
- prefecture of Tivaouane, Senegal
- Notes
- Judith T. Irvine
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-161)
- LCCN
- 90001374
- LCSH
- Wolof (African people)