Marshall remains very angry with me and I still don't know why. |
non-authorial neg Affect |
I love him so much that if he asked me to jump in front of a train for him, I would. |
Authorial positive Affect |
He has hurt me terribly and, in a way, |
`Hurt' of course can indicate either physical or emotional pain - here, I think emotional, hence Authorial negative Affect |
I blame myself: |
We might see such a formulation as implying that the writer has negative emotions towards herself. However, `to blame' does not directly reference an emotional disposition/reaction (though it may do this by implication). Rather, by `blaming' speakers/writers indicate they hold someone responsible for some wrong-doing. Thus `to blame' indicates that a Judgement is being made. |
I was an over-protective mother who gave him everything he wanted and more. |
non-authorial Affect |
I once asked him why he was so angry with me. He said it was because he didn't have a dad. |
non-authorial negative Affect |
I tried to explain to him that I left his father because he was abusive and if we hadn't gone, he would have hated me even more. I asked him why he blamed me and he just stormed out. As usual, he would not give me a straight answer. Until just two years ago, when he became famous, he lived with me. I always say that if he hated me so much why did he live with me until two months short of his 26th birthday? And that's another thing - he even lies about his age. He's actually 28 but he keeps knocking years off.
