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The secret life of pronouns: what our words say about us

HOHaranburu Oiharbide, Mikel

The University of Texas at Austin

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Abstract

Discovering the secret life of the most forgettable words -- Ignoring the content, celebrating the style -- The words of sex, age, and power -- Personality: finding the person within -- Emotion detection -- Lying words -- The language of status, power, and leadership -- The language of love -- Seeing groups, companies, and communities through their words -- Word sleuthing -- Appendix: a handy guide for spotting and interpreting function words in the wild.

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    Haranburu Oiharbide, MikelCorresponding

    The University of Texas at Austin

Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Personal pronoun
  • Linguistics
  • Philosophy
  • Art
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