Identifying linguistic correlates of power

Cotterill, Rachel; Muir, Kate; Joinson, Adam; Dewdney, Nigel

Abstract

Previous work on social power modelling from linguistic cues has been limited by the range of available data. We introduce a new corpus of dialogues, generated in a controlled experimental setting where participant roles were manipulated to generate a perceived difference in social power. Initial results demonstrate successful differentiation of upwards, downwards, and level communications, using a classifier built on a small set of stylistic features.

Citation

Cotterill, R., Muir, K., Joinson, A., & Dewdney, N. (2015). Identifying linguistic correlates of power

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 16, 2015
• Publication Date: Apr 16, 2015
• Deposit Date: Dec 18, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 5, 2017
• Journal: International Journal of Computational Linguistics and applications
• Print ISSN: 0976-0962
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 9-26
• Keywords: linguistic correlates, power
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/835713
• Publisher URL: http://www.gelbukh.com/ijcla/2015-1/