Skip to Main Content
 

Global Search Box

 
 
 

ETD Abstract Container

Abstract Header

Phrasal Stress and Presupposition: The Case of Black Lives Matter

Linser, Sarah, Linser
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1533334505176797

Abstract Details

2018, Master of Arts, University of Toledo, English (as a Second Language).
This research attempts to determine whether or not stress placement can be used to predict an individual’s attitude via theories of contrastive stress. The placement of stress within a phrase is typically given to new information. With regards to the Black Lives Matter movement, this would suggest that when the phrase “black lives matter” is uttered, the stress on “matter” indicates the belief that black lives have not mattered in the past, and they should. “Black lives matter,” however, with stress on “black,” suggests the belief that black lives are more important than the lives of non-blacks. Data was taken from the streaming site YouTube to analyze instances of people saying “black lives matter” and record stress placement. The videos themselves were used to determine individual attitudes, which were then compared to their stress placement. The research had no significant findings regarding the relationship between stress and attitude; however, this was probably due to the oversimplification of what was revealed to be a much more complicated process.
Douglas Coleman (Committee Chair)
Monita Mungo (Committee Member)
John Jasper (Committee Member)
45 p.
Linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Sociology
stress; contrastive stress; black lives matter; stress placement

Recommended Citations

Citations

  • Linser, Linser, S. (2018). Phrasal Stress and Presupposition: The Case of Black Lives Matter [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1533334505176797

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Linser, Linser, Sarah. Phrasal Stress and Presupposition: The Case of Black Lives Matter. 2018. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1533334505176797.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Linser, Linser, Sarah. "Phrasal Stress and Presupposition: The Case of Black Lives Matter." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1533334505176797

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

toledo1533334505176797
298
© 2018, all rights reserved.
This open access ETD is published by University of Toledo and OhioLINK.