Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 May 2021
In this chapter, several facets of emotions in bilinguals are addressed, such as how they are expressed and processed, but also how they can be brought about by different languages and cultures, as well as by other bilinguals. In Post 10.1, the myth that bilinguals always express their emotions in their first language is discussed and it is shown that, in fact, there are no set rules. In Post 10.2, Aneta Pavlenko, an expert on the question, asks whether we process emotions differently in our respective languages. Even when the levels of proficiency are comparable, she writes, languages learned earlier and later in life offer different processing advantages.
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