Distribution of the total number of words in the corpus/acknowledgements
| Sub-corpora | No. of Das | No. of words |
|---|---|---|
| English | 40 | 24,898 |
| Arabic | 40 | 7,077 |
| Total | 80 | 31,975 |
Results of gender differences in gratitude expression patterns in the English corpus
| Form | Frequency | χ 2 | Sig | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | |||||
| No | Per 1,000 words | No | Per 1,000 words | |||
| Nominalisation | 27 | 2.39 | 56 | 4.11 | 5.444 | 0.020* |
| Performative verb | 129 | 11.43 | 135 | 9.91 | 1.373 | 0.241 |
| Adjective | 43 | 3.81 | 50 | 3.67 | 0.043 | 0.835 |
| Passive | 2 | 0.18 | 2 | 0.14 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| Bare mention | 44 | 3.90 | 29 | 2.13 | 6.541 | 0.011* |
| Total | 245 | 21.72 | 272 | 19.97 | 0.942 | 0.332 |
| Number of words | 11,279 | 13,619 | ||||
Results of gender differences in gratitude expression patterns in the Arabic corpus
| Form | Frequency | χ 2 | Sig | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | |||||
| No | Per 1,000 words | No | Per 1,000 words | |||
| Nominalisation | 98 | 24.83 | 111 | 35.46 | 6.488 | 0.011* |
| Performative verb | 24 | 6.08 | 17 | 5.43 | 0.100 | 0.752 |
| Adjective | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| Passive | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1.000 |
| Bare mention | 9 | 2.28 | 3 | 0.96 | 2.273 | 0.132 |
| Total | 131 | 33.19 | 131 | 41.85 | 3.435 | 0.064 |
| Number of words | 3,947 | 3,130 | ||||
Patterns expressing gratitude
| Form | Examples |
|---|---|
| Nominalisation | “My sincere thanks to…” “The author’s gratitude goes to…” |
| Performative verb | “I thank…” “The author appreciates…” |
| Adjective | “I am grateful to…” “The author is thankful for…” |
| Passive | “Y is thanked for…” “Appreciation is given to…” |
| Bare mention | “I cannot go without mentioning…” “X has been helpful in…” |
Patterns expressing gratitude in English and Arabic acknowledgements
| From\pattern | English | Arabic | χ 2 | Sig | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Frequency per 1,000 words | Frequency | Frequency per 1,000 words | |||
| Nominalisation | 83 | 3.33 | 209 | 29.53 | 229.127 | 0.000* |
| Performative verb | 264 | 10.60 | 41 | 5.79 | 15.022 | 0.000* |
| Adjective | 93 | 3.74 | 0 | 0 | 82.000 | 0.000* |
| Passive | 4 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 2.105 | 0.147 |
| Bare mention | 73 | 2.93 | 12 | 1.69 | 3.314 | 0.069 |
| Total | 517 | 20.76 | 262 | 37.02 | 50.300 | 0.000* |