We oftentimes are less affected by emotional terms in a second language. Some people are particularly good at expressing emotions in other languages. Having this very large vocabulary can allow you to potentially express all sort of facets of emotions that you may not be able to do in say Spanish.
Language is perhaps humanity's most astonishing accomplishment but one that remains poorly understood. On this episode of the podcast we were joined by Nick Chater, Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick Business School, and Morten H. Christiansen, Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. Together in their latest book "The Language Game," they upend our traditional understanding of language, arguing that it's not based on a set of fixed rules, but on a constantly evolving series of flexible conventions. Our host for this episode was journalist Christine Ro.
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