How emotions are made to do things
An introduction
Article outline
- 1.Emotions in social interaction
- 1.1Terminology and emotion research
- 2.Perspectives on emotion
- 2.1Emotions and the interaction (and moral) order
- 2.2Interactional approaches to emotion
- 2.3Methodological issues
- 3.How emotions are made in talk
- 4.Emotion and action
- 4.1Categorising emotions
- 4.2Nonlexical/nonverbal emotion displays
- 4.3Stance and affiliation in the accomplishment of actions
- 5.Preview of the content
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