The effect of language status, immersion and cultural integration level on the emotionality of emotion words in Spanish

This study investigates how Spanish language users perceive (and indirectly process) positive and negative emotion words. More specifically, it examines whether the emotional associations of these words are affected by language status: Spanish as first (L1) or additional (LX) language. It also analy...

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Author: Pérez García, Elisa
Format: book part
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repository:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
OAI Identifier:oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/164879
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10366/164879
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Spanish
L1
LX
Emotion words
Valence
Arousal
Immersion
Culture
Integration
5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
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spelling The effect of language status, immersion and cultural integration level on the emotionality of emotion words in SpanishPérez García, ElisaSpanishL1LXEmotion wordsValenceArousalImmersionCultureIntegration5701.11 Enseñanza de LenguasThis study investigates how Spanish language users perceive (and indirectly process) positive and negative emotion words. More specifically, it examines whether the emotional associations of these words are affected by language status: Spanish as first (L1) or additional (LX) language. It also analyses whether immersion and cultural integration in Spanish culture influence the emotionality of these words in LX Spanish. The sample consisted of 200 Spanish L1 users and 91 Spanish LX users, with and without immersion and grouped into two different integration levels (medium and high). Participants completed a word rating task online, including negative and positive emotion words. They rated each Spanish word on the valence and arousal affective dimensions. According to statistical analyses, an L1 advantage emerged for positive emotion words in valence. In arousal, there was found an L1 advantage for positive emotion words and similar activation levels for negative emotions between L1 and LX. Overall, immersion and integration had a positive effect on word emotionality, to various degrees depending on the word type. Spanish LX users with immersion and higher levels of integration in the target culture perceived emotion words as more extremely emotional.Peter Lang202520252023info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/164879reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)InglésPID2021-122465NB-I00info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1648792026-06-07T06:28:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The effect of language status, immersion and cultural integration level on the emotionality of emotion words in Spanish
title The effect of language status, immersion and cultural integration level on the emotionality of emotion words in Spanish
spellingShingle The effect of language status, immersion and cultural integration level on the emotionality of emotion words in Spanish
Pérez García, Elisa
Spanish
L1
LX
Emotion words
Valence
Arousal
Immersion
Culture
Integration
5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
title_short The effect of language status, immersion and cultural integration level on the emotionality of emotion words in Spanish
title_full The effect of language status, immersion and cultural integration level on the emotionality of emotion words in Spanish
title_fullStr The effect of language status, immersion and cultural integration level on the emotionality of emotion words in Spanish
title_full_unstemmed The effect of language status, immersion and cultural integration level on the emotionality of emotion words in Spanish
title_sort The effect of language status, immersion and cultural integration level on the emotionality of emotion words in Spanish
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pérez García, Elisa
author Pérez García, Elisa
author_facet Pérez García, Elisa
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Spanish
L1
LX
Emotion words
Valence
Arousal
Immersion
Culture
Integration
5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
topic Spanish
L1
LX
Emotion words
Valence
Arousal
Immersion
Culture
Integration
5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
description This study investigates how Spanish language users perceive (and indirectly process) positive and negative emotion words. More specifically, it examines whether the emotional associations of these words are affected by language status: Spanish as first (L1) or additional (LX) language. It also analyses whether immersion and cultural integration in Spanish culture influence the emotionality of these words in LX Spanish. The sample consisted of 200 Spanish L1 users and 91 Spanish LX users, with and without immersion and grouped into two different integration levels (medium and high). Participants completed a word rating task online, including negative and positive emotion words. They rated each Spanish word on the valence and arousal affective dimensions. According to statistical analyses, an L1 advantage emerged for positive emotion words in valence. In arousal, there was found an L1 advantage for positive emotion words and similar activation levels for negative emotions between L1 and LX. Overall, immersion and integration had a positive effect on word emotionality, to various degrees depending on the word type. Spanish LX users with immersion and higher levels of integration in the target culture perceived emotion words as more extremely emotional.
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