Uncovering your Inferiority-The Linguistic Expressions of Inferiority Jenah 5/28/15
Dec 29, 2015
Introduction
Inferiority Alfred Adler
Inferiority feeling - Being normal and beneficial Inferiority complex - A personality disorder
Inferiority feeling Inferiority complex
Motivation & Goal
Inferiority Being unconscious → detecting the inferiority: - Slavik & Carlson (2006) current measurements of inferiority:
• being based on participants’ behaviors• Involving participants’ being aware of doing self-esteem • lacking for systematic linguistic studies of inferiority
→ collecting the linguistic expressions of inferiority and building a corpus as the base to detect inferiority
Method
Materials Texts with the term “自卑”
PTT Corpus- 1st person
Texts without the term “自卑” The sources?
Over-compensation (Adler) The distinction between the over-compensation from inferiority and real show-off
Method
Classification Adler
- The comparative nature of inferiority Derikurs (1967)
- Being inferior physically- Being inferior socially- Being inferior in comparison to one’s own goals and standards
Mosak (1977)- Self-concept and ideal self-image- Self-concept and individual’s environmental evaluation- Self-concept and individual’s moral code
Method
Classification Adler
- The comparative nature of inferiority Self-concept and ideal self-image Self-concept and individual’s environmental evaluation Self-concept and individual’s goals and standards
Method
Analysis Gottschalk and Gleser (1969)
- Content analysis method of verbal messages of emotional state- e.g. The shame markers of low-visibility shame
Ridicule Inadequacy Overexposure of private details
Method
Example
實習真的好難找,我知道是我自己能力不足,不知道今年暑假 會飄流到哪去。 看著你,迅速的就找到了,讓我越來越自卑,超自卑。
Text with the term “自卑” Self-concept and individual’s environmental evaluation Inadequacy, uncertainty, comparison…
Expected Results
Types of Inferiority Inferiority Mark
Self-concept and ideal self-image
Self-concept and individual’s environmental evaluation
Inadequacy, uncertainty, comparison…
Self-concept and individual’s goals and standards
(1) Texts with the term “自卑”
Expected Results
Types of Inferiority Inferiority Mark
Self-concept and ideal self-image obstacle
Self-concept and individual’s environmental evaluation
Self-concept and individual’s goals and standards
(2) Texts without the term “自卑”
Expected Results
Types of Inferiority Inferiority Mark
Self-concept and ideal self-image
Self-concept and individual’s environmental evaluation
Self-concept and individual’s goals and standards
(3) Over-compensation
→Using the inferiority marks to detect the inferiority