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Back Language Evidence for Social Goals: A Linguistic Approach to Persuasive Moves in Discourse

Fiscal Year 2010
Division Graduate School of Operational & Information Sciences
Department Computer Science
Investigator(s) Martell, Craig H.
Sponsor University of Maryland (Other)
Summary The overall goal of the Socio-Cultural Content in Language (SCIL) Program is to explore and develop novel designs, algorithms, methods, techniques and technologies to extend the discovery of the social goals of members of a group by correlating these goals with the language they use. Human language use reflects social and cultural norms, contexts, and expectations. Social variable (such as religion, status, gender, education) and contextual features (such as formality, participants beliefs, social situations) can influence the form and features of language. Because language use responds to such social and cultural influences, then correlating social goals and language forms and content should provide a rich and expanded understanding of the attributes, roles and nature of the associations and intentions of the members of social groups.
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