This explores self-talk and its expression of feelings, suggesting insights into language use dynamics.
Three issues are taken up: (a) Why do some people never use self-talk? (b) Self-talk is not describing but expressing one's feelings, a distinct type of speech act, which is part of the explanation why use of “you” is restricted in self-talk. (c) The use of “we” in self-talk.
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Anders Holmberg (2025) studied this question.
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