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The secret life of pronouns : what our words say about us

Pennebaker, James W.2011
Books
Imprint:
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2011.
Collation:
xii, 352 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-333) and index.
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.
ISBN:
9781608194803
Dewey class:
425.55425
Language:
English
BRN:
188722
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