Expressing and finding out emotional attitudes
This sort of language helps us in:
- Expressing pleasure, liking;
- Expressing displeasure, dislike;
- Inquiring about pleasure, liking, displeasure, dislike;
- Expressing interest or lack of interest;
- Inquiring about interest or lack of interest;
- Expressing surprise;
- Expressing hope;
- Expressing satisfaction;
- Expressing dissatisfaction;
- Inquiring about satisfaction or dissatisfaction;
- Expressing disappointment;
- Expressing fear or worry;
- Expressing preference;
- Inquiring about preference;
- Expressing gratitude;
- Expressing sympathy;
- Expressing intention;
- Inquiring about intention;
- Expressing want, desire; and
- Inquiring about want, desire.