[xmca] Language as the link between emotions and culture.

[Joseph Gilbert <joeg4us@roadrunner.com>]

Emotions result from either conscious or subconscious cognitive  
activity. We feel the, "What-does-this-mean-to-me", conclusion of  
cognitive processes as emotion. Emotion motivates us to action. From  
its spelling, the word emotion means "that which causes motion" or  
"motion born out of something". We do what we do because it seems to  
be in our interest. The thought processes, whether conscious or  
subconscious, provides us with the information. (in formation), the  
implications of which give rise to emotions. When our forebears  
vocally expressed these emotions and those vocal expressions  
subsequently were used referentially as words, the original vocal  
emotional expressions became cultural institutions.

		Joseph Gilbert
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