16.385, Disc: New: Re: Media: Study: Negative Words Dominate

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Subject: 16.385, Disc: New: Re: Media: Study: Negative Words Dominate

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Date: 08-Feb-2005
From: Price Caldwell < tpc1 at yahoo.com >
Subject: Re: Media: Study: Negative Words Dominate

	
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Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 17:26:32
From: Price Caldwell < tpc1 at yahoo.com >
Subject: Re: Media: Study: Negative Words Dominate


Re: 16.344, Media: Study: Negative Words Dominate Language
  (http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-344.html)

I think any of you linguists could answer this article.
It's about markedness, isn't it?   Negatives are marked;
positives are unmarked, and don't need specification.

In short, it's a linguistic phenomenon, not a psychological
one.  It doesn't imply that human beings spend 87% of their
time indulging in negative emotions.

--Price Caldwell
Professor of International Studies
Meisei University
Tokyo, Japan
http://www.hinocatv.ne.jp/~price/


Linguistic Field(s):
Cognitive Science
General Linguistics
Psycholinguistics





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