Abstract
Abstract The Pollyanna hypothesis (Boucher and Osgood 1969) states that evaluatively positive (E+) words are used more often, in more different situations, and with greater ease than evaluatively negative (E–) words. The present study sought to determine the existence of the Pollyanna hypothesis in the spontaneous speech of institutionalized aphasic subjects. Effects of context and grammatical class were examined. Despite the high incidence of depression affecting aphasic adults, the Pollyanna hypothesis was supported in this study. The data suggest that evaluative notions of normality may not be disrupted by the presence of aphasia.
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