The recent growing concerns surrounding the pervasive adoption of generative AI can be
traced back to the long-standing influence of AI algorithms that have predominantly served …

Companies are increasingly relying on influencer marketing as a relevant pillar of their
marketing communication strategy. It is therefore of vital importance to practitioners to …

Self-praise is a speech act that gives credit to the speaker for some attribute or possession
that is positively valued by the speaker and the potential audience. This exploratory study …

While profanity may seem offensive, its prevalence within online reviews suggests it might
be useful in influencing perceptions of the usefulness of online reviews. The present …

Passenger motor vehicle transport is a significant and growing emissions source
contributing to climate change. Switching from internal combustion engines to electric …

In March 2020, schools in England were closed to all but vulnerable children and the
children of key workers, as part of a national effort to curb the spread of the Covid-19 virus …

As gender constructs could be disseminated through language, English textbooks could be
a fertile arena to maintain or deconstruct traditional gender constructs. Since seventh grade …

This article reports the results of a between-subject experiment investigating the direct and
indirect effects of intensified apologies on purchase intent. The study adopts a linguistic …

Background and objectives Understanding language features of depression contributes to
the detection of the disorder. Considering that depression is characterized by dysfunctions in …

Incivility in US political debates hurts democracy. But uncivil language is more entertaining,
exciting, and arousing than civil language. Given the contradictory relationship between …