Visual Cues and Perception of Emotional Intensity among L1 and LX Users of English

Autor/inn/en	Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Moxsom-Turnbull, Phoebe
Titel	Visual Cues and Perception of Emotional Intensity among L1 and LX Users of English
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multilingualism, 17 (2020) 4, S.499-515 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dewaele, Jean-Marc)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-0718
DOI	10.1080/14790718.2019.1612902
Schlagwörter	Visual Stimuli; Cues; Video Technology; Emotional Response; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Proficiency; Native Language; Multilingualism; Adults; Nonverbal Communication; Correlation; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stichwort; Emotionales Verhalten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Korrelation; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	A total of 97 monolingual and multilingual users of English participated in an adaptation of a matched-guise design to investigate the effect of visual cues (co-speech gestural intensity and facial expression) on perception of emotional intensity of the same speaker in two video stimuli in which verbal and vocal emotional information was kept constant. Participants included 41 adults British first language (L1) users of English and 56 highly proficient adult foreign language (LX) users of English. Statistical analysis revealed that gestural intensity was significantly linked to perceptions of emotional intensity by all participants. However, LX users perceived both the low and medium gesture video as significantly more emotional than L1 users. We suggest that LX users may have relied more on the visual channel over the vocal and verbal channels compared to L1 users. The difference between both groups might also be the consequence of overcompensation for the detachment effect of LX emotion speech. The number of languages known, gender, LX users' English proficiency and length of stay in the UK turned out to be unrelated to perceptions of emotional intensity. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01