TY - JOUR AU1 - Jay, Timothy AU2 - Janschewitz, Kristin AB - We begin with Potts' concluding remarks: “… this paper is by no means the final word on the expressive dimension.” Certainly more work on expressives is necessary if linguistic theory is to address the role of word emotionality in language. No theory will be complete until we do so, and Potts' efforts to move the field in this direction are commendable. A more comprehensive understanding of why and how people use emotional and offensive language will make Potts' theory more complete. Scholars who study offensive expressives need to be familiar with research about why people curse and why they choose the particular words they do. We first address how and why, then we review Potts' work in the context of psycholinguistic research on taboo words. TI - Filling the emotion gap in linguistic theory: Commentary on Potts' expressive dimension JF - Theoretical Linguistics DO - 10.1515/TL.2007.014 DA - 2007-10-19 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/de-gruyter/filling-the-emotion-gap-in-linguistic-theory-commentary-on-potts-ae0C5z75wL SP - 215 EP - 221 VL - 33 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -