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Emotion words in English books reflect trends in history and culture
Trends in emotion words in 20th century books in American and British English have been identified in new research.
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Fragile Futures - Call for Submissions
Tipping Points researcher Marc Botha is guest editor of a new special issue of The English Academy Review: Southern African Journal of English Studies on fragility.
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Tipping Points - Uncovering the climate of the past in Greenland - Part 2
Scientists travel to Greenland to collect artefacts that will help them uncover the mystery of a rapid cooling event that took place in the North Atlantic around 5000 years ago. This will help to discover how the Earth's climate systems may change in the future.
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Super-Gaussian transport theory and the field-generating thermal instability in laser-plasmas.
Bissell, J. J. and Ridgers, C. P. and Kingham, R. J. (2013) 'Super-Gaussian transport theory and the field-generating thermal instability in laser-plasmas.', New journal of physics., 15 (2). 025017. Visit tippingpointsproject.org for more information about the project.
(12 Feb 2013) » Super-Gaussian transport theory and the field-generating thermal instability in laser-plasmas.
Holocene climate variability in northernmost Europe.
Allen, J.R.M. and Long, A.J. and Ottley, C.J. and Pearson, D.G. and Huntley, B. (2007) 'Holocene climate variability in northernmost Europe.', Quaternary science reviews., 26 (9-10). pp. 1432-1453. Visit tippingpointsproject.org for more information about the project.
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Modelling creative innovation.
Ormerod, Paul and Bentley, R. Alexander (2010) 'Modelling creative innovation.', Cultural science., 3 (1). Visit tippingpointsproject.org for more information about the project.
(27 Apr 2012) » Modelling creative innovation.
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Use of emotion words in books indicates trends in history and culture
Researchers from Tipping Points have for the first time tracked how words in British and American English books published in the 20th century correspond with historical and cultural trends. They categorised the words according to moods such as sadness, disgust, joy, fear and surprise. English language is well-known for its ‘mood words’. Anyone who reads [...]