SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL MEASUREMENTS OF CONNOTATIONS OF VERBAL TERMS AND THEIR DOUBLESPEAK FACSIMILES IN SENTENCE CONTEXTS

Authors
GRUNER CR TIGHE MR
Citation
Cr. Gruner et Mr. Tighe, SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL MEASUREMENTS OF CONNOTATIONS OF VERBAL TERMS AND THEIR DOUBLESPEAK FACSIMILES IN SENTENCE CONTEXTS, Psychological reports, 77(3), 1995, pp. 778-778
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
77
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Pages
778 - 778
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1995)77:3<778:SDMOCO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
To test whether the self-serving euphemisms labeled ''doublespeak'' ha ve different connotative meanings than noneuphemistic expressions, 77 college students rated 16 pairs of such terms embedded in sentences on semantic differential scales. Analysis shelved that ''doublespeak'' m ay be at least partially successful.