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Table 2 Cross Tabulation Results for Different Token of EWs in English and Persian Short Stories

From: A cultural comparison of Persian and English short stories regarding the use of emotive words: implications for teaching English to Iranian young learners

   

English

Persian

Total

Emotive Words Type

Type 1

Count % within Language

66

74

140

28.3%

30.2%

29.3%

Type 2

Count % within Language

46

78

124

19.7%

31.8%

25.9%

Type 3

Count % within Language

32

35

67

13.7%

14.3%

14.0%

Type 4

Count % within Language

18

16

34

7.7%

6.5%

7.1%

Type 5

Count % within Language

64

41

34

27.5%

16.7%

22.0%

Type 6

Count % within Language

7

1

8

3.0%

0.4%

1.7%

 

Total

Count % within Language

233

245

478

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

  1. Note: Type 1: Something good happened; Type 2: Something badhappened; Type 3: Something bad will happen; Type 4: I don’t want things like this to happen; Type 5: Thinking about other people; Type 6: Thinking about ourselves