Mingxin Yao
Biographic Data
| ID | 4604709 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mingxin Yao |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mingxin |
| FAMILY NAME | Yao |
| SIGNATURE | YAO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nanjing University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4763-9413 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The “old aunties (lǎo ā yí)” are not old
While previous research has discussed representations of and solutions to ageism and aging anxiety, it remains unknown whether Chinese young women's calling and being called "old aunties" [lǎo ā yí] can be related to ageism and aging anxiety. Based on collected Weibo data, we examined the generalized use of this kinship term on social media using discourse analysis and found that it is predominantly self-addressing and secondarily other-addressin…
The art of positive reporting in media discourse
Linguistic positivity bias is widely examined in spoken communication and written academic communication. Existing research proposes that this trend of favoring positive language use is common and universal in human communication. However, to date, no existing study has confirmed this tendency to use more positive words than negative ones in media discourse. By examining a list of positive and negative words and how they are distributed in the Ti…
Exploring the Interpersonal Functions of Negation in Science Writing Across 35 Years
Researchers’ investment in reader engagement includes the construction of an appealing abstract. While numerous studies have been conducted on abstracts’ rhetorical features, scant empirical attention has been paid to negation use in academic writing. The current study seeks to narrow the research gap from a general and diachronic perspective by adopting an interpersonal model of negation. We found that while not, no, and little tend to be the co…
Promoting research by reducing uncertainty in academic writing
Is academic writing becoming more positive? A large-scale diachronic case study of Science research articles across 25 years
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Is academic writing becoming more positive? A large-scale diachronic case study of Science research articles across 25 years
Promoting research by reducing uncertainty in academic writing
Exploring the Interpersonal Functions of Negation in Science Writing Across 35 Years
Researchers’ investment in reader engagement includes the construction of an appealing abstract. While numerous studies have been conducted on abstracts’ rhetorical features, scant empirical attention has been paid to negation use in academic writing. The current study seeks to narrow the research gap from a general and diachronic perspective by adopting an interpersonal model of negation. We found that while not, no, and little tend to be the co…
The “old aunties (lǎo ā yí)” are not old
While previous research has discussed representations of and solutions to ageism and aging anxiety, it remains unknown whether Chinese young women's calling and being called "old aunties" [lǎo ā yí] can be related to ageism and aging anxiety. Based on collected Weibo data, we examined the generalized use of this kinship term on social media using discourse analysis and found that it is predominantly self-addressing and secondarily other-addressin…
The art of positive reporting in media discourse
Linguistic positivity bias is widely examined in spoken communication and written academic communication. Existing research proposes that this trend of favoring positive language use is common and universal in human communication. However, to date, no existing study has confirmed this tendency to use more positive words than negative ones in media discourse. By examining a list of positive and negative words and how they are distributed in the Ti…
Psychology (5 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Academic writing (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining (2 works)