Emoji-based reactions to the said construction in spanish and english
The said construction (SC), a relatively common but understudied standard English construction, is usually characterized by the use of said in place of a determiner, followed by a noun (N2), typically given (in some sense) and licensed by an antecedent noun (N1). (e.g. “I made coffee… said coffee w...
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2021-11-01
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The said construction (SC), a relatively common but understudied standard English construction, is usually characterized by the use of said in place of a determiner, followed by a noun (N2), typically given (in some sense) and licensed by an antecedent noun (N1). (e.g. “I made coffee… said coffee was bitter.”) I present the results of a social media based experiment, focusing on the way participants react to SC-containing sentences using the “reactions” buttons provided on many social media sites. Participants were presented with stimuli that looked like a Facebook profile; each item in the experiment had a “profile photo”, a sentence that contained either a standard determiner like the or that, or SC, as well as an emoji-based reactions schema with the reaction options provided on Facebook. Participants were told to read each sentence and react to it using the provided emoji buttons. Results showed that SC-containing sentences were more likely to receive the “
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| spelling | doaj.art-3492f5142b77461ca89fa0c6a672096f2022-12-22T03:16:41ZengAssociação Brasileira de LinguísticaCadernos de Linguística2675-49162021-11-012310.25189/2675-4916.2021.v2.n3.id391Emoji-based reactions to the said construction in spanish and englishAlicia Stevers0San Diego State University (SDSU) The said construction (SC), a relatively common but understudied standard English construction, is usually characterized by the use of said in place of a determiner, followed by a noun (N2), typically given (in some sense) and licensed by an antecedent noun (N1). (e.g. “I made coffee… said coffee was bitter.”) I present the results of a social media based experiment, focusing on the way participants react to SC-containing sentences using the “reactions” buttons provided on many social media sites. Participants were presented with stimuli that looked like a Facebook profile; each item in the experiment had a “profile photo”, a sentence that contained either a standard determiner like the or that, or SC, as well as an emoji-based reactions schema with the reaction options provided on Facebook. Participants were told to read each sentence and react to it using the provided emoji buttons. Results showed that SC-containing sentences were more likely to receive the “ https://cadernos.abralin.org/index.php/cadernos/article/view/391experimental pragmaticsdeterminersemojiinternet languagesocial meaning |
| spellingShingle | Alicia Stevers Emoji-based reactions to the said construction in spanish and english Cadernos de Linguística experimental pragmatics determiners emoji internet language social meaning |
| title | Emoji-based reactions to the said construction in spanish and english |
| title_full | Emoji-based reactions to the said construction in spanish and english |
| title_fullStr | Emoji-based reactions to the said construction in spanish and english |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emoji-based reactions to the said construction in spanish and english |
| title_short | Emoji-based reactions to the said construction in spanish and english |
| title_sort | emoji based reactions to the said construction in spanish and english |
| topic | experimental pragmatics determiners emoji internet language social meaning |
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