Foreign language has been shown to attenuate emoti...

Foreign language has been shown to attenuate emotional response to words and phrases. For example, Harris and colleagues found that childhood reprimands, such as “Don't do that!”, evoked reduced skin conductance responses when they were read aloud in a foreign language. 13_________, a large questionnaire-based study has 14_________ that late bilinguals rated taboo words and swearwords as less emotional in a foreign language than in a native language. Studies 15_________ that a foreign language facilitates people to discuss topics that are considered off-limits or taboo in their native language.16 _________, Bond and Lai 17_________ that Chinese–English bilinguals spoke longer about embarrassing topics, 18_________ sexual attitudes, in a foreign language. 19_________, Dewaele found that several UK-based multilinguals preferred using swearwords in a foreign language, stating that a foreign language allows them to escape from social and cultural restrictions. 20_________, some studies have failed to detect an attenuation of emotions. To reconcile these findings, Harris and colleagues 21_________ that the relative emotionality of a foreign versus a native language depends on a complex interplay between age of acquisition, level of proficiency, and the emotional context 22_________ the foreign language is learned and used. 请选择第13题的答案。

A、Moreover

B、Although

C、However

D、Therefore