MODIFIERS IN MALE AND FEMALE EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTIONS
MODIFIERS IN MALE AND FEMALE EXPRESSIONS OF EMOTIONS
Author(s): Marta DąrowskaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: bare emphatics; boosters; female expressions of emotions; hedges; language of e-mail; male expressions of emotions
Summary/Abstract: The paper seeks to examine whether men and women phrase their expressions of emotions in similar way. The analysis based in a private e-mail correspondence corpus will focus on the quantitative differences in the character of modifiers used in these expressions.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2007
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 245-254
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
