A corpus-based stylistic analysis of online suicide notes retrieved from Reddit

This study examines the stylistic linguistic features of a collection of suicide notes retrieved from the online platform Reddit from the period (2012–2020). It aims to conduct a detailed corpus-based stylistic analysis. Furthermore, it aims at checking specific selected stylistic categories. The qu...

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Main Authors: Eman Adil Jaafar, Haya Abdul-Salam Jasim
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2022.2047434
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description This study examines the stylistic linguistic features of a collection of suicide notes retrieved from the online platform Reddit from the period (2012–2020). It aims to conduct a detailed corpus-based stylistic analysis. Furthermore, it aims at checking specific selected stylistic categories. The quantitative analysis was performed using WordSmith 8.0 software which helps to identify keywords in context. Keywords are indicators of the style of the language of the selected corpus. The analysis result indicated that the redditors in the online suicide corpus usually included simple words with fairly short sentences. Their writings tend to be less lexically diverse, concentrating on one or two themes with a lower TTR (type-token ratio), which indicated that their words were relatively repetitive. Online suicide notes show high frequency in using first-person singular pronouns, and concerning the distribution of content words, the verbs were the most frequently used part of speech, followed by nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Furthermore, the keywords list helps to reveal stylistic and linguistic elements.
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spelling doaj.art-0878ee58680a47d4805e7be1f0a66f562022-12-22T02:37:59ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Arts & Humanities2331-19832022-12-019110.1080/23311983.2022.2047434A corpus-based stylistic analysis of online suicide notes retrieved from RedditEman Adil Jaafar0Haya Abdul-Salam Jasim1Department of English, College of Education for Women, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, IraqDepartment of English, College of Education for Women, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, IraqThis study examines the stylistic linguistic features of a collection of suicide notes retrieved from the online platform Reddit from the period (2012–2020). It aims to conduct a detailed corpus-based stylistic analysis. Furthermore, it aims at checking specific selected stylistic categories. The quantitative analysis was performed using WordSmith 8.0 software which helps to identify keywords in context. Keywords are indicators of the style of the language of the selected corpus. The analysis result indicated that the redditors in the online suicide corpus usually included simple words with fairly short sentences. Their writings tend to be less lexically diverse, concentrating on one or two themes with a lower TTR (type-token ratio), which indicated that their words were relatively repetitive. Online suicide notes show high frequency in using first-person singular pronouns, and concerning the distribution of content words, the verbs were the most frequently used part of speech, followed by nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Furthermore, the keywords list helps to reveal stylistic and linguistic elements.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2022.2047434Corpus stylisticssuicide notesRedditWordSmith tools
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A corpus-based stylistic analysis of online suicide notes retrieved from Reddit
Cogent Arts & Humanities
Corpus stylistics
suicide notes
Reddit
WordSmith tools
title A corpus-based stylistic analysis of online suicide notes retrieved from Reddit
title_full A corpus-based stylistic analysis of online suicide notes retrieved from Reddit
title_fullStr A corpus-based stylistic analysis of online suicide notes retrieved from Reddit
title_full_unstemmed A corpus-based stylistic analysis of online suicide notes retrieved from Reddit
title_short A corpus-based stylistic analysis of online suicide notes retrieved from Reddit
title_sort corpus based stylistic analysis of online suicide notes retrieved from reddit
topic Corpus stylistics
suicide notes
Reddit
WordSmith tools
url https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311983.2022.2047434
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