This special issue demonstrates how emotional content influences language processing, suggesting critical factors to consider.
This special issue provides an overview of recent developments in the relationship between language and emotion. It includes a theoretical paper reviewing the extensive empirical evidence of this relationship, as well as 25 empirical studies. The studies address topics related to the conveyance of emotional content by language, focusing on semantics and speech sounds; the impact of emotion on language processing, from words to sentences; and the influence of language in the perception, experience and regulation of emotions throughout life. The findings highlight several modulatory factors, primarily relating to the affective and non-affective properties of verbal information, as well as some inter-individual differences. The conclusion is that all these factors must be considered to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the complex relationship between language and emotion.
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