LAWRENCE — A new paper from a psychologist at the University of Kansas examines how language shapes our emotional experience of the world. Katie Hoemann, assistant professor of psychology at KU, ...
Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 59, No. 1/2 (JUNE/DECEMBER 2020), pp. 1-36 (36 pages) Languages encode emotions in a wide variety of ways. The ways often vary between languages or between language areas, ...
We like to think we can read people like a book, relying mostly on tell-tale facial expressions that give away the emotions inside: the way the brows lift slightly with alarm, or the crow’s feet that ...
Emotions are constructed, not discovered. Relational safety—not precise labels—allows the brain to tolerate uncertainty, ...
Valentine’s Day has truly become a celebration of love across the world. While love is indeed in the air, languages are also intertwined in Cupid’s bow and arrow. The relationship between language and ...
The future of e-books, or any electronic text, may be soundtracked. A new experiment in automation is generating music in response to the emotion of words in literature. TransPose was created by ...
When it comes to communication, words get it done. Words can sell, excite, inflame, prompt sacrifice, mend hearts, and that’s not even the beginning. People remember leaders for their words. The right ...