A language pattern co-occurring with violence-permisiveness

Witucki, Jeannette

A language pattern co-occurring with violence-permisiveness

Behavioral Science • Vol/Iss. 16 • Published In 1971 • Pages: 531-537 •

By Witucki, Jeannette

Hypothesis

In societies providing a greater degree of personal protection to its members, the associated language will have a greater emphasis on self (i.e. pre-posing subject pronouns more than post-posing them) (531)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Correlation	Supported	p<.001	0.63	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Language, Greater Emphasis On Self	Dependent	Grammar
Personal Protection, Amount Of	Independent	Sanctions, Offenses Against Life

Related Hypotheses

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Welch, Michael R.	1978	African societies place greater emphasis on the inculcation of independence, self-reliance, and nurturance than do non-African societies (11).	Not Supported	7	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Ellis, Godfrey J.	1992	Valuing of conformity relative to self-reliance will be positively associated with greater overall parental control (44).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Stewart, Robert A. C.	1972	Findings: A factor analysis of key dimensions to describe a given culture yielded 12 factors. Factor 7, "aggressive achievement behavior", loaded highly and positively on composite narcissism index; extreme bellicosity; strong or moderate emphasis on military glory; extreme boastfulness; high total positive pressure toward developing self-reliant behavior in child; warfare prevalent; incidence of personal crime above median; full-time entrepreneurs (60)	Supported	10	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Coelho, Marco Túlio Pacheco	2019	A larger number of individuals (greater population density) is positively correlated with a greater accumulation of languages (greater language diversity) (3).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Carroll, Michael P.	1979	"Patrilineal societies should be more likely than matrilineal societies to give greater emphasis to male deities than to female deities" (41).	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author

A language pattern co-occurring with violence-permisiveness

Behavioral Science • Vol/Iss. 16 • Published In 1971 • Pages: 531-537 • Cite

By Witucki, Jeannette

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Behavioral Science • Vol/Iss. 16 • Published In 1971 • Pages: 531-537 •