Table 8 Most frequent adjectives in boys’ imitated feminine 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’

37

31.12

可爱 kěài ‘adorable’

20

16.82

好 hǎo ‘good’

13

10.93

漂亮 piàoliang ‘pretty’

12

10.09

帅 shuài ‘handsome’

6

5.05

厉害 lìhai ‘remarkable’

5

4.21

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