e/Emotive conjugation

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has glosseng: In rhetoric, emotive or emotional conjugation uses the form of a grammatical conjugation of an irregular verb to illustrate humans' tendency to describe their own behavior more charitably than the behavior of others.<ref name="Johnson & Blair, 2006"/> It is often called the Russell conjugation in honour of philosopher Bertrand Russell who expounded the concept in 1948 on the BBC Radio programme The Brains Trust,<ref name="Audi, 1999"/> citing the examples:<ref name="Walton, 2006"/> I am firm, You are obstinate, He is a pig-headed fool. I am righteously indignant, you are annoyed, he is making a fuss over nothing. I have reconsidered the matter, you have changed your mind, he has gone back on his word.
lexicalizationeng: Emotive conjugation
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