The impact of aging on Egyptian adults’ use of affective language
Other Title(s)
أثر التقدم في السن على استخدام المصريين البالغين اللغة للتعبير عن العواطف
Author
Source
Philology : Literature and Linguistics Series
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 67 (31 Jan. 2017), pp.39-69, 31 p.
Publisher
Ain Shams University Faculty of al-Alson
Publication Date
2017-01-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
31
Main Subjects
Arts & Humanities (Multidisciplinary)
Abstract EN
The present paper adopts a psycholinguistic perspective in an attempt to study the impact of aging on the use of affective language.
The paper provides a quantitative-qualitative analysis of a study conducted with 90 Egyptian adults of different age groups in order to investigate their emotional perception of words related to personal experiences and social relationships as well as their use of affective language to describe a real-life situation, adopting the framework of the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) model proposed by Pennebaker, Booth and Francis (2001).
The findings of the present study partially agree with the findings of previous research in regard to the inclination of individuals above 40 to use more positive affective language.
Yet, contrary to previous research which found that the increase in positive affect continues well into old age, the present study found that positive affective language use starts to decline after the age of sixty.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Imarah, Inji Faruq. 2017. The impact of aging on Egyptian adults’ use of affective language. Philology : Literature and Linguistics Series،Vol. 2017, no. 67, pp.39-69.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-940144
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Imarah, Inji Faruq. The impact of aging on Egyptian adults’ use of affective language. Philology : Literature and Linguistics Series No. 67 (Jan. 2017), pp.39-69.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-940144
American Medical Association (AMA)
Imarah, Inji Faruq. The impact of aging on Egyptian adults’ use of affective language. Philology : Literature and Linguistics Series. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 67, pp.39-69.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-940144
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Record ID
BIM-940144