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" Arabic-speaking U.S. college students' comprehension of English emotional tone: A psychological anthropological approach "
Brendan Muir Bombaci Snodgrass, Jeffrey G.

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	804003
Doc. No	:	TL48815
Call number	:	‭1804922857;‮ ‬10138923‬
Main Entry	:	Faye, Fatou
Title & Author	:	Arabic-speaking U.S. college students' comprehension of English emotional tone: A psychological anthropological approach\ Brendan Muir BombaciSnodgrass, Jeffrey G.
College	:	Colorado State University
Date	:	2016
Degree	:	M.A.
field of study	:	Anthropology
student score	:	2016
Page No	:	215
Note	:	Committee members: Browne, Katherine E.; Thaut, Michael H.
Note	:	Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-94479-1
Abstract	:	Emotional tone in Western languages (i.e., the Germanic and Romance group) is influenced by the Western musical scale. Studies have shown that as differences increase between Western and non-Western languages, overall comprehension of emotional gesture and emotional tone decreases (the “linguistic proximity” hypothesis), though ratios between percentages of perception correctness for different emotions is fairly universal (the “in-group advantage hypothesis”), revealing cross-cultural mechanisms that obscure or reveal certain emotions to outsiders. Training in Western music helps Western children and non-Western youth and adults to better recognize Western emotional tone. Social Anxiety and Major Depression have been correlated with reduced emotional tone comprehension, and music therapy is known to relieve these disorders’ symptomology. For Westerners and non-Westerners alike, musical exposure and training may help not only emotional tone proficiency but also mental well-being.
Subject	:	Linguistics; Social psychology; Sociolinguistics
Descriptor	:	Language, literature and linguistics;Social sciences;Psychology;Arabic;Emotional tone;English;Music;Prosody;Social anxiety
Added Entry	:	Snodgrass, Jeffrey G.
Added Entry	:	AnthropologyColorado State University