The Words We Use Are A Reflection Of Our Interior
Have you ever wondered how important words are? They are there to explain the meaning of objects or situations, so that the listener participates in shared information. With words we communicate, express and understand. He thinks that expressing what we feel with great precision is -among other vicissitudes- what makes us truly human.
Thus, language has a very great influence on the results of our projects or the progress of our relationships. In the same way, observing how a person speaks gives us a lot of information about their thoughts, attitudes and beliefs.
According to psychologist James W. Pennebaker, a researcher at the University of Texas (USA), the use we make of words through oral and written language says much more about who we are and our psychological state than about its content.
Pennebaker, has been analyzing spoken and written speeches for 20 years. His conclusion is that functional words, such as pronouns, can say much more about our moods, how we think, and who we are than any verb or noun.
For this researcher, the key lies in the pronouns, prepositions and articles that, although apparently without semantic load, add up to half of the words we use every day and are very revealing of our focus of attention.
What pronouns say about us
Articles, prepositions, pronouns. Words that we give importance to, because we believe that they only serve to weave our ideas together. However, the way or frequency in which we use them says a lot about us.
People who lie almost never use the pronoun “I”, a trait that serves to detect lies with a 67% accuracy. On the contrary, depressed or melancholic people abuse the pronoun “I”. Statistics show that people who have committed suicide before taking their own lives had used the words “I”, “mine”, “me” and “me” in their writing at a density that was twice the average, and rarely or none of the pronoun “we”.
In another study, Pennebaker has shown that couples who use the words “I” and “we” more solve problems better than those who use the word “you” more.
Words define us
Words define us and help us communicate with others. They always express something, with them we show anger, joy, sadness and ultimately how we feel. Knowing how to communicate correctly involves aspects such as making yourself understood, understanding others and better understanding what is happening.
In general, people who try to cheat do not use pronouns or words to describe emotions. They prefer to use nouns and especially verbs. They tend to be used indirectly and conditionally, for example “would” or “could”.
Women are less specific than men. We use fewer words referring to orientation and spaces and more words oriented to reflection such as “I think that”, “I think that” or “it seems to me”. In contrast, men use more items, mostly to categorize their world by counting, naming, and organizing objects.
Let us not forget when interpreting that, although words define us, the word is half of the person who pronounces it and half of the person who listens to it.
