Impersonal Passion : Language As Affect

Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1(8) ONE Malediction 9(20) TWO "What I Want Back Is What I Was": Consolation's Retrospect 29(20) THREE The Right to Be Lonely 49(10) FOUR Some WHYS and why mes 59(12) FIVE Linguistic Inhibition as a Cause of Pregnancy 71(14) SIX "Lying" When You Aren't 85(12) SEVEN All Mouth and No Trousers: Linguistic Embarrassments 97(8) EIGHT "But Then I Wouldn't Be Here" 105(10) NINE Your Name Which Isn't Yours 115(14) Notes 129