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¹Department of Psychology and CRAMC, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain.

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This review explores how language influences emotions and how emotions affect language processing. Understanding this bidirectional relationship is key to comprehending emotional experiences and regulation.

Keywords:

Language affective science emotion language-emotion interplay psycholinguistics

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Area of Science:

Psycholinguistics
Cognitive Psychology
Affective Science

Background:

The intricate connection between language and emotion is a growing area of research.
Existing literature explores various facets of this interface, from emotional word acquisition to the impact of emotional states on language.

Purpose of the Study:

To review and synthesize research on the bidirectional relationship between language and emotion.
To examine language as an emotional stimulus, its influence on language processing, and its role in emotion regulation.

Main Methods:

Systematic literature review of studies on language and emotion.
Analysis of theoretical frameworks and empirical findings across different disciplines.

Main Results:

Language serves as an emotional stimulus, influencing emotional content and acquisition of emotional vocabulary.
Emotional states and verbal stimuli significantly modulate language processing.
Language plays a crucial role in understanding, experiencing, and regulating emotions.

Conclusions:

The interface between language and emotion is fundamentally bidirectional.
A multidisciplinary approach is essential for a comprehensive understanding of this complex relationship.