Presentation 2019-07-27
[Poster Presentation] Newspapers speak “two” languages: Evidence from the use of f?nzhu?n “flip” in Taiwan
Ming-Che Hsieh,
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Abstract(in English) This study investigates whether social developments influence people?s preference for syntactic constructions or not. In Chinese, the word 翻轉 ?flip? can lead to two constructions: one focuses on the change of status, the other focuses on causality. Through comparing the written data from United Daily News (UDN) with Liberty Times (LT), the frequency of causality has been dramatically increased since 2014 in these two newspapers because of the social development in Taiwan. Furthermore, these two newspapers prefer to use 翻轉 in different topics in different periods. This study suggests the intertwining complexities between social development and dynamic change of language.
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Keyword(in English) Language use / Natural language processing / Dynamic change of language / Media discourse
Paper # TL2019-22
Date of Issue 2019-07-20 (TL)

Conference Information
Committee TL
Conference Date 2019/7/27(2days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Hirao Seminar House, Konan University
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Topics (in English) Human Language Processing and Learning
Chair Hiroshi Sano(Tokyo Univ. of Foreign Studies)
Vice Chair Tadahisa Kondo(Kogakuin Univ.) / Kazuhiro Takeuchi(Osaka Electro-Comm. Univ.)
Secretary Tadahisa Kondo(Kobe Gakuin Univ.) / Kazuhiro Takeuchi(Kyoto Inst. of Tech.)
Assistant Nobuyuki Jincho(Miidas Co. Ltd.) / Akinori Takada(Ferris Univ.) / Akio Ishikawa(KDDI Research)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Thought and Language
Language ENG
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Title (in English) [Poster Presentation] Newspapers speak “two” languages: Evidence from the use of f?nzhu?n “flip” in Taiwan
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Language use
Keyword(2) Natural language processing
Keyword(3) Dynamic change of language
Keyword(4) Media discourse
1st Author's Name Ming-Che Hsieh
1st Author's Affiliation Tohoku University(Tohoku Univ.)
Date 2019-07-27
Paper # TL2019-22
Volume (vol) vol.119
Number (no) TL-151
Page pp.pp.55-59(TL),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2019-07-20 (TL)