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A 7 page discussion of the relationship between language and emotion. Contends that while many aspects of language are a part of our cognitive development, language is also a social constructionism. Consequently, language can vary according to societal stimuli. This is particularly true in regard to language’s relation to our expression of, and understanding of, emotion. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Language is one of our most immediate forms of communication. While many aspects of language are a part of our cognitive development, language is
also a social constructionism. Consequently, language can vary according to societal stimuli. This is particularly true in regard to languages relation to our expression of, and understanding of,
emotion. There has been considerable historical discourse over the nature of language. Most contend that thought and language are two interrelated criteria. The obvious correlation to this
proposition in our discussion on how language and emotion are connected would be that language and emotion are interrelated and that while we have a certain innate ability for language,
it is an ability which evolves to a greater complexity with the influence of social stimuli. From a human context we know that
language is a skill which allows us to communicate our thoughts to others and in so doing to attain desired "biological, cognitive, and social/behavioral feedback" (McDonnell, 1977). The question
as to whether language is a skill that human beings are born with or whether it is a skill that is acquired is a complex one and not one in
which all researchers are in agreement. This question is central, however, to understanding of how language and emotion are connected. Also central to this understanding is discovering whether
language is an innate capability, i.e. one that we are born with, or a capability which we acquire. An innate or instinctual behavior
is often associated with an organisms genetic propensity to behave or react in a certain way. Innate language ability or our genetic makeup, under the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, would serve to
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