Emotion in Interaction

The importance of emotion in everyday interactions has become a central topic of research in a wide variety of disciplines including linguistics sociology social psychology anthropology and communication. Emotion in Interaction offers a collection of original studies that explore emotion in naturally occurring spoken interaction. The articles examine both the verbal and non-verbal resources for expressing emotional stance (lexicon syntax prosody laughter crying facial expression) the emotional aspects of action sequences (e.g. news delivery and conflicts) and the role of emotions in institutional interaction (medical consultations psychotherapy health visiting and helpline calls). What unites the articles is an understanding of the expression of emotion and the construction of emotional stances as a process that both shapes and is shaped by the interactional context.