Lesson plan
Language intensity
Most investigators accept the definition of language intensity proposed by John Waite Bowers: a quality of language that "indicates the degree to which a speaker’s attitude toward a concept deviates from neutrality." Intensity as a lexical variable in communication studies has generated extensive empirical research.
Article summary
Most investigators accept the definition of language intensity proposed by John Waite Bowers: a quality of language that "indicates the degree to which a speaker’s attitude toward a concept deviates from neutrality." Intensity as a lexical variable in communication studies has generated extensive empirical research.
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Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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