Gender Variation in the Emotional Construal of Russian Journalistic Non-fiction

• Authors: Danko Šipka

Title variants

PL

Gender Variation in the Emotional Construal of Russian Journalistic Non-fiction

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The author analyzes gender differences in the Russian journalistic discourse using the example of the lexical field related to the concept of грусть ‘sorrowʼ. The more frequent use of these words is indicative of a higher level of empathy. The results demonstrate that male authors exhibit a high er proclivity towards the usage of the words from the aforementioned lexical field. The results are another piece of evidence that a higher level of empathy in women is not absolute but rather highly dependent on the concrete context.

PL

The author analyzes gender differences in the Russian journalistic discourse using the example of the lexical field related to the concept of грусть ‘sorrowʼ. The more frequent use of these words is indicative of a higher level of empathy. The results demonstrate that male authors exhibit a high er proclivity towards the usage of the words from the aforementioned lexical field. The results are another piece of evidence that a higher level of empathy in women is not absolute but rather highly dependent on the concrete context.  

Keywords

EN

gender differences; Russian; journalistic discourse; empathy; lexical usage; gender differences; Russian; journalistic discourse; empathy; lexical usage

PL

gender differences; Russian; journalistic discourse; empathy; lexical usage

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 149-167

Dates

published

2015-12-04

Contributors

author

Danko Šipka

• Arizona State University

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/pss.2015.9.9