This volume brings together for the first time a collection of studies that investigates how multilingual speakers construct emotions in their talk as a joint d

Pavlenko challenges the monolingual bias of modern linguistics and psychology by bringing together insights from many different fields.

Do bi- and multilinguals perceive themselves differently in their respective languages? Do they experience different emotions? How do they express emotions and

This book presents new issues in the study of the interface of emotions and language, and their use in social context. Two fundamental questions are tackled: th

How do bilinguals experience emotions? Do they perceive and express emotions similarly or differently in their respective languages? Does the first language rem