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The secret life of pronouns : what our words say about us / James W. Pennebaker.

Title
The secret life of pronouns : what our words say about us / James W. Pennebaker.
Author
Pennebaker, James W.
Publication
New York, NY : Bloomsbury Press, 2011.

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Description
xii, 352 p.; 24 cm.
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.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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
ISBN
  • 9781608194803
  • 1608194809
LCCN
^^2011001289
OCLC
  • 682894538
  • SCSB-12825646
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library