Prosodie und Emotionen (Reihe Germanistische Linguistik, 231)

by Roland Kehrein

This study is the first of its kind to offer a comprehensive analysis of authentic everyday emotions as opposed to the simulated or stylized variety. Extensive material distinctive for its combination of unforced language behaviour, extremely good recording quality, and a high frequency of recurrent interaction sequences makes it possible to propose an empirically well-founded and at the same time surprisingly simple model of German prosody. On this basis, the study identifies four fundamental emotional dimensions directly connected with prosodic units and acoustic parameters.

361 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002