Emotions in languages

Emotions in languages 

Are you a bilingual? Which language do you prefer to use in emotional situations? Does your emotional state affect your language choice? How do you express yourself when you are in love, happy, angry, upset and so on? Which language do you choose to swear or to lie? 

Emotions in languages

„In bilingual societies, people frequently switch between languages, particularly in emotional situations. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and Bard College say that such code-switching is a strategy to express emotions differently, particularly when communicating with children. "Bilingual parents may use a specific language to express an emotional concept because they feel that language provides a better cultural context for expressing the emotion. For example, a native Finnish speaker may be more likely to use English to tell her children that she loves them because it is uncommon to explicitly express emotions in Finnish."

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/different-languages-express-emotion-differently