Emotions and Multilingualism [Paperback]

Pavlenko challenges the monolingual bias of modern linguistics and psychology by bringing together insights from many different fields.How do bilinguals experience emotions? Do they perceive and express emotions similarly or differently in their respective languages? Does the first language remain forever the language of the heart? In this provocative and ground-breaking book, Pavlenko challenges the monolingual bias of modern linguistics and psychology. Bringing together insights from the fields of linguistics, neurolinguistics, psychology, anthropology, psychoanalysis, and literary theory, Pavlenko presents a unique and comprehensive introduction to this cross-disciplinary movement. This is a highly readable and thought provoking book that draws on both empirical data and first hand accounts.How do bilinguals experience emotions? Do they perceive and express emotions similarly or differently in their respective languages? Does the first language remain forever the language of the heart? In this provocative and ground-breaking book, Pavlenko challenges the monolingual bias of modern linguistics and psychology. Bringing together insights from the fields of linguistics, neurolinguistics, psychology, anthropology, psychoanalysis, and literary theory, Pavlenko presents a unique and comprehensive introduction to this cross-disciplinary movement. This is a highly readable and thought provoking book that draws on both empirical data and first hand accounts.How do bilinguals experience emotions? Do they perceive and express emotions similarly or differently in their respective languages? Does the first language remain forever the language of the heart? What role do emotions play in second language learning and in language attrition? Why do some writers prefer to write in their second language? In this provocative and ground-breaking book, Aneta Pavlenko challenges the monolingual bias of modern linguistics and psychology and uses the lens of bi- and multilingualism to offelso