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This dissertation focuses on two aspects of the relationship between emotion
and language, (1) Namely, how language encodes emotional expressions, and (2) the
role that emotion plays during the negotiating process and conflict resolution.
This analysis win be made against the background of Communication Science
as a discipline, and it will make recommendations on how human emotions should be
dealt with as part ofcooperative communication and negotiation.
The dissertation will focus on four crucial problems regarding the relationship
between emotion and language use:
1. The neurophysiology ofemotional awareness;
u. The cognitive basis oflearning and language use;
111. How emotional expression is encoded in English
IV.
The role ofemotional expression during negotiation
AIMS OF THE RESEARCH
The twin aims ofthe dissertation are:
i. To contribute to the understanding of the emotive aspects of language
use;
ii.
To contribute to the study of negotiation and conflict resolution by
giving an account of the role that emotion plays in these processes.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The project is ofa qualitative nature and entails the following:
>- A review of cognitive literature regarding how emotion is encoded in
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