(Mason,2015)

• we perceive the outside world.
• we act in the world either volitionally or emotionally.
• our nervous system allows us to live; and
• cognition operates to make us the human individuals that we are.

• Different scientific frameworks to study emotions.(Fox, 2008)

  • Emotions are biologically given?
  • Emotions are socially constructed?
  • Emotions are the result of perception of bodily changes?
  • Emotions are the result of cognitive appraisals?

• Focus: Bi-directional relations among cognitive and emotional processes.
• Goal: a linguistic introduction to emotion from the cognitive and affective perspectives.