Abstract

SANTIBANEZ, Cristián. GENEROUS AND EMPATHIC, OR PRAGMATIC AND UTILITARIAN? THE ARGUMENTS OF CHILEAN ELDERLY PEOPLE CONFRONTED WITH A SOCIAL DILEMMA. Linguist.lit. [online]. 2019, n.75, pp.174-208. ISSN 0120-5587.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n75a09.

This paper discusses some results of a research on the argumentative faculty in older adults (aged over 65) from three regions of Chile, particularly their written responses to a social dilemma. The results indicate that older adults who choose to empathize with the protagonist of the social dilemma are mostly 70-year-old women and more educated. Their arguments show greater density in terms of the quantity and relevance of reasons to support their point of view.

Keywords : Elderly People; Argument; Lexicometry; Keywords.

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