Tamar Fraenkel
Biographic Data
| ID | 6795806 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tamar Fraenkel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tamar |
| FAMILY NAME | Fraenkel |
| SIGNATURE | FRAENKEL T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The meaning of negated adjectives
The study investigates the way people use and make sense of negated adjectives. Past research showed that by using a negated adjective, instead of an available antonym, one is able to communicate a mitigated sense of that antonym. To illustrate, by saying ‘ not hot ’ one can communicate ‘ neither hot, but not quite cold ’. This effect has been termed the mitigation hypothesis . Our theoretical analysis suggests that the extent of mitigation shoul…
The meaning of negated adjectives
The study investigates the way people use and make sense of negated adjectives. Past research showed that by using a negated adjective, instead of an available antonym, one is able to communicate a mitigated sense of that antonym. To illustrate, by saying ‘ not hot ’ one can communicate ‘ neither hot, but not quite cold ’. This effect has been termed the mitigation hypothesis . Our theoretical analysis suggests that the extent of mitigation shoul…
The meaning of negated adjectives
The study investigates the way people use and make sense of negated adjectives. Past research showed that by using a negated adjective, instead of an available antonym, one is able to communicate a mitigated sense of that antonym. To illustrate, by saying ‘ not hot ’ one can communicate ‘ neither hot, but not quite cold ’. This effect has been termed the mitigation hypothesis . Our theoretical analysis suggests that the extent of mitigation shoul…
Adjective (1 work) · Cognitive psychology (1 work) · Function (biology (1 work) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · linguistics and terminology studies (1 work) · Markedness (1 work) · Meaning (existential (1 work) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (1 work) · Noun (1 work)