• Ambitious original study of a fascinating aspect of human nature
• The most serious and systematic account of the notion of self-expression in thirty years
• Blends approaches from experimental psychology, linguistics, evolutionary biology, and central areas of philosophy

Readership: Scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and aesthetics; linguists and psychologists.

Mitchell S. Green, University of Virginia

"'Expression' has far too long been presupposed but not explained. In this respect Green's book helps to fill a gaping hole in the literature... Green has written an intriguing book full of insights on each and every subject he brings up, and regardless of one's philosophical interests, one stands to be provoked., yet to learn a lot." - John Eriksson, The Philosophical Quarterly

I: The Significance of Self-Expression
II: Expression Delineated
III: Showing and Meaning
IV: Meaningful Expression
V: Facial Expression
VI: Convention and Idiosyncracy
VII: Expressive Qualities
VIII: Appendix: Definitions and Analyses
References
Index