Emotional and Linguistic Expressions for Grief in American and Hispanic Cultures

Abstract

The project I completed this Winter quarter focused on researching the impact that culture can have on language and emotional expression, as well as comparing and contrasting the language and emotional expression between Hispanic and American cultures. The main point of my project is to identify the distinctions between Spanish and English speakers, as well as their commonalities in how they feel emotions and how they verbalize their emotions. In addition, I inspected the common gender bias that both American and Hispanic cultures experience and employ. Furthermore, I emphasized the importance of the lexical grids, also known as vocabularies, that the two cultures share. All in all, my goal with my project was to unify all the aspects between culture, language, and emotions in Hispanic and American culture to give a deeper understanding of languages and the unique depth of emotion felt in each culture.