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In:How Emotions Are Made in Talk
Edited by Jessica S. Robles and Ann Weatherall
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 321] 2021
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How emotions are made to do things

An introduction

ORCiD logo with link | University of Roehampton
ORCiD logo with link | Loughborough University
Published online: 12 May 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.321.int
Article outline
  • 1.Emotions in social interaction
    • 1.1Terminology and emotion research
  • 2.Perspectives on emotion
    • 2.1Emotions and the interaction (and moral) order
    • 2.2Interactional approaches to emotion
    • 2.3Methodological issues
  • 3.How emotions are made in talk
  • 4.Emotion and action
    • 4.1Categorising emotions
    • 4.2Nonlexical/nonverbal emotion displays
    • 4.3Stance and affiliation in the accomplishment of actions
  • 5.Preview of the content
  • References
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