Development and examination of the linguistic category model in a computerized text analysis method

The linguistic category model (LCM) seeks to understand social psychological processes through the lens of language use. Its original development required human judges to analyze natural language to understand how people assess actions, states, and traits. The current project sought to computerize t...

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Hauptverfasser: Seih, Yi-Tai (VerfasserIn) , Beier, Susanne (VerfasserIn) , Pennebaker, James W. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2017
In: Journal of language and social psychology
Year: 2016, Jahrgang: 36, Heft: 3, Pages: 343-355
ISSN:1552-6526
DOI:10.1177/0261927X16657855
Online-Zugang:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0261927X16657855
Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X16657855
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Verfasserangaben:Yi-Tai Seih, Susanne Beier, and James W. Pennebaker
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Zusammenfassung:The linguistic category model (LCM) seeks to understand social psychological processes through the lens of language use. Its original development required human judges to analyze natural language to understand how people assess actions, states, and traits. The current project sought to computerize the LCM assessment based on an idea of language abstraction with a previously published data set. In the study, a computerized LCM analysis method was built using an LCM verb dictionary and a part-of-speech tagging program that identified relevant adjectives and nouns. This computerized method compared open-ended texts written in first-person and third-person perspectives from 130 college students. Consistent with construal-level theory, third-person writing resulted in higher levels of abstraction than first-person writing. Implications of relying on an automated LCM method are discussed.
Beschreibung:Published online: July 1, 2016
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Beschreibung:Online Resource
ISSN:1552-6526
DOI:10.1177/0261927X16657855