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Publication details [#46189]

Jing-Schmidt, Zuo. 2007. Negativity bias in language: A cognitive-affective model of emotive intensifiers. Cognitive Linguistics 18 (3) : 417–443.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

cognitive psychology | emotion | intensifier | negative polarity

Language as a subject

Chinese | English | German

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/COGL/html

Annotation

This article demonstrates that the lexical semantics of emotive intensifiers in English, German, and Chinese can be best accounted for by a cognitive-affective negativity bias model.