The Secret Life of Pronouns: What Our Words Say About Us (2011) .. by James W. Pennebaker @jwpennebaker
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Chapter 1 Discovering the Secret Life of the Most Forgettable Words 1
Chapter 2 Ignoring the Content, Celebrating the Style 18
Chapter 3 The Words of Sex, Age, and Power 39
Chapter 4 Personality: Finding the Person Within 73
Chapter 5 Emotion Detection 104
Chapter 6 Lying Words 131
Chapter 7 The Language of Status, Power, and Leadership 170
Chapter 8 The Language of Love 196
Chapter 9 Seeing Groups, Companies, and Communities Through Their Words 227
Chapter 10 Word Sleuthing 255
Appendix A Handy Guide for Spotting and Interpreting Function Words in the Wild 291
Notes 301
Bibliography and References 319
Index 335