Emotions in Linguistic Behavior

Abstract

The article investigates the role of emotions in speech. People often try to make their speech more expressive with an aim to have a positive impact on the listener and to achieve the desired result more easily. To this end, they make use of various intensifiers, which enhance the meaning of the whole sentence or one of its members. Since the linguistic expression of emotions and its interpretation is connected with the level of expressive speech acts, its solution calls for a pragmatic approach.