Introduction published in:
How Emotions Are Made in Talk
Edited by Jessica S. Robles and Ann Weatherall
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 321] 2021
► pp. 1–24

How emotions are made to do things

An introduction

| University of Roehampton
| Loughborough University
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
  • References
Published online: 12 May 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.321.int
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