Language, discourse and anxiety /

Why is language so important to the ways that we make sense of anxiety? This book uses corpus-assisted discourse analysis to examine 23 million words of text posted to a forum for people with anxiety. It shows how linguistic techniques such as catastrophization and anthropomorphization can result in...

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Main Authors:	Collins, Luke (Author), Baker, Paul, 1972- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Series:	Cambridge applied linguistics series.
Subjects:	Language and emotions. Language and the Internet. Anxiety > Electronic discussion groups. English language > Psychological aspects.