Table 10 Most frequent adjectives in girls’ imitated masculine speech.

From: Stylistic and linguistic variations in compliments: an empirical analysis of children’s gender schema development with machine learning algorithms

Adjectives

Raw frequency

Relative frequency

好看 hǎokàn ‘good-looking’

22

26.54

可爱 kěài ‘adorable’

10

12.06

漂亮 piàoliang ‘pretty’

10

12.06

厉害 lìhai ‘remarkable’

8

9.65

好 hǎo ‘good’

6

7.24

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