How seemingly innocuous words can bias judgment: Semantic prosody and impression formation

Volume: 75, Pages: 11 - 18
Published: Mar 1, 2018
Abstract
Would we think more negatively of a person who caused rather than produced an outcome or who is described as utterly rather than totally unconventional? While these word choices may appear to be trivial, cause and utterly occur more frequently in a negative context in natural language use than produced or totally, even though these words do not have an explicit valenced meaning. Words that are primarily used in a valenced context are said to...
Paper Details
Title
How seemingly innocuous words can bias judgment: Semantic prosody and impression formation
Published Date
Mar 1, 2018
Volume
75
Pages
11 - 18
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