Table 4 Linguistic features included in the classifier
From: Constructing Expertise Through Questions?—Potentials of Corpus Pragmatic Regression Analyses
Type | Example | Absolute number (relative amount) of comments that contain feature |
|---|---|---|
Form of modal verb sollen (‘should’) | Warum sollte denn Religiösität nur über einen Nachkommen weitergegeben werden? ’Why should religiosity only be passed on through a descendant?’ | 5,513 (7.08%) |
Multiple question marks | Weshalb also nicht jetzt schon “Staatssprache Englisch”?? ‘So why not ‘English as the national language’ now??’ | 2,640 (3.39%) |
Personal addressing | @[username], warum versuchen sie mir einen Strohmann unterzuschieben? ‘@[username], why are you trying to foist a straw man [argument] on me?’ | 8,862 (11.37%) |