The Influence of ‘Narrow’ Categorizerś Emotion on Language Processing

AbstractThe paper focuses on language processing and its production depending on emotions, particularly on expressive factors of the ‘narrow’ categorizer. The aim of this research is to discover how the emotions of the ‘narrow’ categorizer affect the selection of expressive factors in request formation (L1) in social situations (social distance/proximity with/without social power). The research was conducted at the university and 148 students participated. The results indicate a low extent of emotional factorś selection and their combinations by “narrow” categorizers during request formation in the mother tongue. The research confirmed our assumption that emotions of the ‘narrow’ categorizer affect language processing and request formation in dependence on social situation