The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us
- ISBN-10
- 1608194809
- ISBN-13
- 9781608194803
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-08-30
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Author
- James W. Pennebaker
Description
Draws on groundbreaking research in computational linguistics to explain what language choices reveal about feelings, self-concept, and social intelligence, in a lighthearted treatise that also explores the language personalities of famous individuals.
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