The dimension that interests me, is the way, we, human, ascribe words to emotions. I may feel sad minutes before I associate this feeling with the word “sadness

The dimension that interests me, is the way, we, human, ascribe words to emotions. I may feel sad minutes before I associate this feeling with the word “sadness.” Upon identification, the word “sadness” may bring other connotations, which enhances or detracts from my initial raw emotion. Which is the cause and which is the effect—do I feel more sad because I recognize the word “sadness?” I can identify sadness in other beings (ie. dogs). Do I, as a human, really need the word “sadness” to help me understand my emotion? What do I call the state of raw emotion prior to the word association?