Letters from a suicide.
A linguistic analysis of a series of letters written by a young man who died by suicide to 1 friend over a period of 2 years prior to his death revealed several trends, including a decrease in negative emotion words and an increase in death words. The implication of these trends was discussed.
Barnes
Donna Holland
DH
Howard University, Washington, DC, USA.
Lawal-Solarin
Foluso Williams
FW
Lester
David
D
D000328:Adult; D015709:Correspondence as Topic; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology