Conveying “Fun” Through Communicative Moves of Facial Expressions: Investigating the Theory of Affective Pragmatics

Namba Shushi

Fukuda Haruka

Nakashima Miharu

Takeuchi Mone

Yamamoto Reika

Yoshikawa Kota

Japanese Psychological Research

According to the theory of affective pragmatics, emotional expressions synchronously convey information of the following four types: expressing the expressor's emotions, committing the expressor to a future course of action, representing world circumstances, and directing other people's behavior. Nevertheless, few reports have described studies examining prioritization of the conveyed information. The present study was conducted to explore how information is conveyed by facial expressions of fun in the context of the presence or absence of another person. Results show that expression of the internal state (fun) is conveyed primarily in comparison to other information, but it is weaker in the state of being with a stranger than in the state of being alone or with a friend. Although directing other people's behavior is the least conveyed information in all conditions, the presence of another person amplified the intensity of directing other people's behavior. Overall, these findings provide new evidence supporting the theory related to emotional expressions.

context

emotional expressions

facial expressions

fun

theory of affective pragmatics

eng

Wiley

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Japanese Psychological Research, Volume66, Issue4, October 2024, Pages 510-520, Shushi Namba, Haruka Fukuda, Miharu Nakashima, Mone Takeuchi, Reika Yamamoto, Kota Yoshikawa, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12527. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.

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[DOI] https://doi.org/10.1111/jpr.12527 isVersionOf

日本学術振興会

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

[Crossref Funder] https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001691

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Unraveling the Information Transmission Process through Context-based Facial Expressions

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