The present paper investigates linguostylistic features peculiar to celebrities’ award receiving speeches - a public discourse variety of modern English which is popular not only for its social importance but also linguistic and stylistic significance. results the analyses carried out on basis case study methodology show that emotional colouring expressiveness are most typical characteristics a...

The current study tests whether individuals ( n = 53) produce distinct speech adaptations during pre-scripted spoken interactions with a voice-AI assistant (Amazon’s Alexa) relative to those human interlocutor. Interactions crossed intelligibility pressures (staged word misrecognitions) and emotionality (hyper-expressive interjections) as conversation-internal factors that might influence parti...

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by marked problems in interpersonal relationships and emotion regulation. The assumption of emotional hyper-reactivity in BPD is tested regarding the facial expression of emotions, an aspect highly relevant for communication processes and a central feature of emotion regulation. Facial expressions of emotions are examined in a group of 30 f...

The relevance of scientific research is due to the fact that Old Slavonic, Church Slavonic and borrowings from other languages enrich our speech, helping it give a special meaning, expressiveness emotional color. By explaining lexical meaning specific tokens, becomes possible better understand Russian fiction. Separate layers vocabulary help study close historical cultural ties Slavic peoples. ...

This study was conducted to explore the culture-specific roles of emotion, relationship quality, and self-esteem in determining life satisfaction. It was hypothesized that maintaining good interpersonal relationships would make individuals in collectivistic cultures not only feel good about their lives but also feel better about themselves. Furthermore, two emotion variables--emotional expressi...