Evidence for Alignment in a Computer-Mediated Text-Only Environment (original) (raw)

Abstract

During interaction, people coordinate in both verbal (eg, syntactically and semantically) and nonverbal (eg, gestural and prosodic) ways. This alignment has been suggested to be a result of grounding or priming. In both cases, visual cues assist understanding. This study explores how widely and how much participants align in a text-only environment. Forty-two participants debated a topic via Instant Messenger with a confederate. Using length analyses, LIWC, and LSA, results show punctuation and ...

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