Hedges, Tag Questions, Message Processing, and Persuasion

This article concerns with the characteristics of the language of three British female Youtubers. It is aimed in particular to find out women's linguistic features in their language based on Lakoff's theory (1975) and the functions of each features according to Holme's theory (2013). The result of the study reveals seven women's linguistic features in the youtubers' language. They are (1) lexical hedges or fillers, (2) tag questions, (3) „empty‟ adjectives, (4) precise color terms, (5) intensifiers, (6) „superpolite‟ forms, and (7) emphatic stress. Among these features, the intensifiers. appears as the dominant one. The study also shows that each feature has specific function.

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Integrated Information Support System (IISS). Volume 6. Network Transaction Manager Subsystem. Part 6. Network Transaction Manager (NTM) Message Processing Unit Product Specification

10.21236/ada250481 ◽

1990 ◽

Author(s):

S. Barker

Keyword(s):

Support System ◽

Information Support ◽

Message Processing ◽

Processing Unit ◽

Transaction Manager ◽

Product Specification ◽

Information Support System ◽

Integrated Information

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Risk communication: The roles of message appeal and coping style

Social Behavior and Personality An International Journal ◽

10.2224/sbp.6327 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 45 (5) ◽

pp. 773-784 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mikyoung Kim ◽

Yoonhyeung Choi

Keyword(s):

Risk Perception ◽

Risk Communication ◽

Coping Style ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Message Processing ◽

News Stories ◽

Emotional Appeals ◽

Main Effect ◽

Message Appeals ◽

And Coping

We examined the main effect of message appeal (emotional and logical) and coping style (monitors and blunters) and the interaction effect between the two on risk message processing outcomes. Participants were 74 U.S. undergraduate and graduate students who read news stories about tornadoes, then rated their risk message processing outcomes. Results showed that emotional appeals led to a higher risk perception, probability of risk occurrence, and more accurate recognition memory than did logical appeals. Further, we found significant interaction effects between message appeal and coping style on risk perception. When message appeals were emotional, monitors perceived a higher risk and probability of risk occurrence than did blunters; however, when message appeals were logical, this difference between monitors and blunters disappeared. The findings suggest that (a) emotional appeals should be included in risk communication and (b) coping styles should be considered in effective risk communication.

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