Multilingual Emotions: The Perception of Affective Information in Spanish and English

The communication of emotions through verbal and non-verbal channels is a natural human process and a vital part of sociopragmatic compe- tence in language. Learning to perceive and express them may pose an enormous challenge to bi-multilingual individuals due to, among other reasons, major cross-li...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Pérez García, Elisa
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/169494
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10550/118632
http://hdl.handle.net/10366/169494
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Emotion
Perception
Vocabulary
Emotion words
Multilinguals
Valence
Arousal
Multicompetence
57 Lingüística
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Sumario:The communication of emotions through verbal and non-verbal channels is a natural human process and a vital part of sociopragmatic compe- tence in language. Learning to perceive and express them may pose an enormous challenge to bi-multilingual individuals due to, among other reasons, major cross-linguistic and cross-cultural differences in the under- standing of emotion and its conceptualisation. The present book focuses on and explores the perception of emotion by bi/multilinguals with Spanish and English in their linguistic repertoire. It examines the complex vari- ation that exists in this perceptual ability across bi-multilingual populations as a result of individual differences in their sociobiographical, linguistic, and acculturation-based profiles.