‘Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other hunter whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps, “My friend is dead! What can I do?” The operator says “Calm down. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.” There is a silence, then a gun shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says “OK, n...

Sentiment evolution is a key component of interactions in blended learning. Although have attracted considerable attention online learning contexts, there scant research on examining sentiment over different environments. Thus, this study, at interaction levels was investigated from the longitudinal data five stages 38 postgraduate students course. Specifically, text mining techniques were empl...

and Belief-Based Language Differentiate Joking, Pretending, and Literal Toddler-Directed Speech Elena Hoicka ([email protected]) Psychology Department, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK Ruth Campbell ([email protected]) Psychology Department, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK

Joking is universal behaviour. Jokes provide playful ways of addressing taboo subjects that relate to the basic drives of people for sexuality, affiliation, novelty and dominance. Telling jokes is a way to achieve status, which is more a male preoccupation than a female one. But aside from the gender difference, people do not make the same kinds of jokes across the world. There are differences ...