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Language and Emotion
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Do certain languages enable people to express a wider range of emotions than english(as I suspect some do) and if one can provide examples of this could you post what examples you have in mind?


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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: lines]
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That's a good question. It's always seemed mysterious to me. If your language does not describe a certain emotion do you aware of it?


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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: lines]
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Body language.


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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: Trepiodos]
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Trepiodos said:
Body language.


Body language means different things to different cultures, though. Eye contact while speaking, for instance is considered a sign of respect in most western cultures. It's assumed that you're paying attention and are interested in what is being said. In other cultures, in Asia for instance, keeping eye contact with a superior or an elder may be understood as aggression or disrespect.


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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: PsychoChipmunk]
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im not really 100% but the chinese language has a enormous range of characters that even most chinese people cant remember all of them. this wide range of characters and symbols could possibly describe emotions and feelings that most cultures could not even begin to understand because they are not capable of describing it.


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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: poppycock316]
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I think you should ask yourself first if there has ever been an emotion that you could not describe in English. If the answer to that is yes, then there can be a possibility another language may fill the gap. Don't forget to keep in mind that maybe there is a word for what your are experiencing, you just may not know it yet.


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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: Drakion]
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How language is used varies from person to person... some are more able to express themselves eg. Poe, Shakespeare, having a mastery. Others are not so lucky. So the user of the language can take it higher than it has been previously.

Here's my attempt to take language a little higher:

http://noise-distillery.deviantart.com/art/Sands-of-God-50971487


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Wherever the hero may wander, whatever he may do, he is ever in the presence of his own essence — for he has the perfected eye to see. There is no separateness. Thus, just as the way of social participation may lead in the end to a realization of the All in the individual, so that of exile brings the hero to the Self in all.

joseph campbell


For, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

jesus

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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: poppycock316]
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poppycock316 said:
the chinese language has a enormous range of characters that even most chinese people cant remember all of them.


The English language has quite a vast array of words to choose from, and I would also say speakers of English, "cant remember all of them."

I would go as far as saying, few have any remarkable grasp of the English language.

(Myself included obviously.)

But also, if there are words to describe the currently un-described...even if we were to learn the sound and appearance of that word, would we be able to understand it?
We learn other languages, by translating them...if there is nothing to translate something into, how else can the connection be made?


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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: figmentfragment]
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I think each language should be able to express all emotions, poetry and stuff.. and yeah like figmentfragment said, translation is also a good indication.

I do know a lot of languages have words that don't exist in other languages, but afaik you can always find a set of other words or an expression to describe the same concept.

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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: Diaboleros]
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emotions are body feelings, memory and images, in combination.
always there is some memory of a (good, bad or indifferent) body feeling connected to some image or sound scene or sequence.

each culture has their own reserve of customary images and associated feelings.

my wife is greek.

many of the greek sayings and expressions produce images and feelings that are things I would rather not put together that way.
(hard to get rid of some of the ideas once in place too)
you could say they are unique cultural emotions.

i don't think it is necessary to feel everything the same way as everybody else in every  other culture.
good to be able to, to be sensitive, or sympathetic;
but tedious to be doing it all the time.


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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: redgreenvines]
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Could I have an example of one of these Greek sayings?


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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: Bernackums]
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If you make hubris, Nemesis will get you


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  Now the chief thing in purification is the will. For then both deeds and words lend a helping hand. But, when the will is absent, the whole purificatory discipline of initiation is...'

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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: lines]
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Schadenfreude is such a word, no?


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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: lines]
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Namaste is sanskrit for: Greetings (or fare thee well) to the spark of consciousness that originally came from God that presently resides within and animates the physical form that I see here before me now.

I think that is just a little bit more expressive than "Hi".


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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: lines]
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This is not an emotion but Eskimos have several explanations of the word snow.

Edited by Anarleaf (11/30/08 01:20 PM)

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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: Anarleaf]
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Snow makes me all different kinds of happy!


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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: Bernackums]
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Bernackums said:
Could I have an example of one of these Greek sayings?


there are lots of them employing the greek word GOLLO in it which means ASS.
apparently women use these sayings in all classes of society.


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Re: Language and Emotion [Re: redgreenvines]
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yeah with out a doubt look at asian people ^.^  tho its more so about knowledge of body language cause white people whne in the mood get into a pretty neat convos where what their saying doesnt matter just squinting eyes and nodding and making higher pitched noises


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