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Fig. 9.2 Distribution of the emotive devices in Calcolatore83's hearer-centered posts. Prevailing
are the devices of empathetic proximity, quantity, and low evidentiality and volitionality, as indexes
of the user affiliation elicitation
Fig. 9.3 Distribution of the emotive devices in the disaffiliative replies that Calcolatore83 receives.
The users clearly and intensely distance themselves from Calcolatore83's stance and requests of
affiliation: devices of empathetic distance, quantity, and negative evaluation are prevalent
approach elicitation àla Frijda ( 1998 ) (26 % of the total devices, divided into
C empathetic closeness , 21 %, and C proximity , 5 %), juxtaposed by emotive devices
of uncertainty and low assertiveness (26 % of the total, divided into evidentiality ,
13 %, and volitionality , 13 %), and followed by devices of intensity ( C quantity ,
17 %) and devices of vagueness ( specificity , 11 %), as it is shown in Fig. 9.2 .
On the other hand, in the user's disaffiliative replies, devices of strong emotive
distance from Calcolatore83 are prevalent ( empathetic closeness , 37 %, and
proximity , 11 %, that being an amount of 48 %, almost half of the total devices),
followed by devices of intensity ( C quantity , 21 %) that can be interpreted as a
sign of strong intemperance and aggravation (Merlini Barbaresi 2009 ) and devices
of negative evaluation (whose assessed object is, clearly, Calcolatore83 himself:
evaluation , 19 %), as it is shown in Fig. 9.3 .
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