The secret life of pronouns, what our words say about us, James W. Pennebaker
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The secret life of pronouns, what our words say about us, James W. Pennebaker
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-333) and index
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illustrations
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The secret life of pronouns
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bibliography
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682894538
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James W. Pennebaker
Sub title
what our words say about us
Summary
Draws on groundbreaking research in computational linguistics to explain what language choices reveal about feelings, self-concept, and social intelligence, in a lighthearted treatise that also explores the language personalities of famous individuals
Table Of Contents
Discovering the secret life of the most forgettable words -- Ignoring the content, celebrating the style -- The words of sex, age, and power -- Personality: finding the person within -- Emotion detection -- Lying words -- The language of status, power, and leadership -- The language of love -- Seeing groups, companies, and communities through their words -- Word sleuthing -- Appendix: a handy guide for spotting and interpreting function words in the wild
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