The foreign language effect on motivational quotes

According to the 'reduced emotionality hypothesis', we are less emotionally driven when reasoning in a foreign language (FL) than in a native language (NL). We examined whether this foreign language effect (FLe) extends to the way we perceive motivational quotes (i.e., encouraging slogans...

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Autores: Braida, Barbara, Rodríguez-Ferreiro, Javier, Hernández Pardo, Mireia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Psicolingüística
Bilingüisme
Motivació (Psicologia)
Presa de decisions
Psycholinguistics
Bilingualism
Motivation (Psychology)
Decision making
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spelling The foreign language effect on motivational quotesBraida, BarbaraRodríguez-Ferreiro, JavierHernández Pardo, MireiaPsicolingüísticaBilingüismeMotivació (Psicologia)Presa de decisionsPsycholinguisticsBilingualismMotivation (Psychology)Decision makingAccording to the 'reduced emotionality hypothesis', we are less emotionally driven when reasoning in a foreign language (FL) than in a native language (NL). We examined whether this foreign language effect (FLe) extends to the way we perceive motivational quotes (i.e., encouraging slogans conveying a profound and inspirational message): we expected FL participants to rate motivational quotes as less profound than NL participants. Strikingly, we observed the opposite: FL participants found motivational quotes more profound than NL participants, even after controlling for potential confounders (e.g., IQ, reasoning style). Both FL and NL participants gave similarly low profundity ratings to pseudo-profound bullshit sentences (i.e., meaningless sentences sounding profound), indicating that the message must be meaningful for the FLe to arise. We propose that, like space or time, language could promote psychological distance. This favours a focus on the background of a message to indicate profoundness.Cambridge University Press2023202320232023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion9 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/200381Articles publicats en revistes (Cognició, Desenvolupament i Psicologia de l'Educació)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728922000505Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2023, vol. 26, num. 2, p. 416-424https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728922000505cc-by (c) Braida et al., 2023https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2003812026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title The foreign language effect on motivational quotes
spellingShingle The foreign language effect on motivational quotes
Braida, Barbara
Psicolingüística
Bilingüisme
Motivació (Psicologia)
Presa de decisions
Psycholinguistics
Bilingualism
Motivation (Psychology)
Decision making
title_short The foreign language effect on motivational quotes
title_full The foreign language effect on motivational quotes
title_fullStr The foreign language effect on motivational quotes
title_full_unstemmed The foreign language effect on motivational quotes
title_sort The foreign language effect on motivational quotes
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Braida, Barbara
Rodríguez-Ferreiro, Javier
Hernández Pardo, Mireia
author Braida, Barbara
author_facet Braida, Barbara
Rodríguez-Ferreiro, Javier
Hernández Pardo, Mireia
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author2 Rodríguez-Ferreiro, Javier
Hernández Pardo, Mireia
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Psicolingüística
Bilingüisme
Motivació (Psicologia)
Presa de decisions
Psycholinguistics
Bilingualism
Motivation (Psychology)
Decision making
topic Psicolingüística
Bilingüisme
Motivació (Psicologia)
Presa de decisions
Psycholinguistics
Bilingualism
Motivation (Psychology)
Decision making
description According to the 'reduced emotionality hypothesis', we are less emotionally driven when reasoning in a foreign language (FL) than in a native language (NL). We examined whether this foreign language effect (FLe) extends to the way we perceive motivational quotes (i.e., encouraging slogans conveying a profound and inspirational message): we expected FL participants to rate motivational quotes as less profound than NL participants. Strikingly, we observed the opposite: FL participants found motivational quotes more profound than NL participants, even after controlling for potential confounders (e.g., IQ, reasoning style). Both FL and NL participants gave similarly low profundity ratings to pseudo-profound bullshit sentences (i.e., meaningless sentences sounding profound), indicating that the message must be meaningful for the FLe to arise. We propose that, like space or time, language could promote psychological distance. This favours a focus on the background of a message to indicate profoundness.
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https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728922000505
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