Multilinguals' Verbalisation and Perception of Emotions

Pia Resnik is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of English of the University of Vienna, Austria. Her research interests include all aspects surrounding multilingual users of English, with a particular focus on emotions in multilingual contexts. Recently, she has started investigating the effect of tandem language learning on students’ foreign language enjoyment, foreign language anxiety and learner autonomy, a project she collaborates on with colleagues at King’s College London, UK.

• List of IllustrationsFiguresTables  List of Abbreviations      1. Introduction2. Emotion3. Language and Emotion: The Two Basic Components of Human Communication4. Bi-/Multilingualism and Emotion5. Research Questions, Hypotheses, Independent Variables and Research Design6. Differences in Feeling? – Multilinguals’ Own Views on Verbalising Emotions in the L1 & L27. Feeling the Difference? – Verbalising Emotions in ESL8. Conclusions and ImplicationsReferences

This book represents a major contribution to the research on multilingualism and emotion. Pia Resnik has managed to present an excellent overview of the research to date, to which she now adds her own original analyses and findings. A fascinating read.