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In:The Pragmatics of Adaptability
Edited by Daniel N. Silva and Jacob L. Mey
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 319] 2021
► pp. 235–258

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Chapter 11
Expressing opinions and emotions while travelling on-line

A corpus-pragmatic approach

 | Universitat Politècnica de València
 | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Published online: 17 March 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.319.11mes
Abstract
New technologies are developed to facilitate our daily lives, and as a result, they also transform our reality and create new communication contexts between humans and machines. Mey (2006) insists on the two-way directivity of adaptation: humans need to adapt to the machine as well as machines need to adapt to humans. Our research investigates the relationship between technology, language, context and emotions, with special attention to the use of verbs and adjectives in personal descriptions of travel experiences. Specifically, two corpora of travel and tourism analyse how users share their experiences, and recommend or criticize certain itineraries and places, depending on their own likes and dislikes.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Computer Mediated Communication and discussion fora
  • 3.The features of online travel communities
  • 4.Data and methods
    • 4.1 Some examples with different adjectives
  • 5.Results
    • 5.1Analysis of positive adjectives in the corpora
    • 5.2 Analysis of the expression of reference and emotions in the corpora
  • 6. Conclusions
  • Note
  • References
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