Use of explicit replies as coordination mechanisms in online student debate

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.18466v1
• Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:18:45 GMT
• Title: Use of explicit replies as coordination mechanisms in online student debate
• Authors: Bruno D. Ferreira-Saraiva, Joao P. Matos-Carvalho and Manuel Pita
• Abstract summary: People in conversation entrain their linguistic behaviours through spontaneous alignment mechanisms. In CMC, one of the mechanisms through which linguistic entrainment happens is through explicit replies. We explore coordination mechanisms concerned with some of the roles utterances play in dialogues - specifically in explicit replies.
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• Abstract: People in conversation entrain their linguistic behaviours through spontaneous alignment mechanisms [7] - both in face-to-face and computer-mediated communication (CMC) [8]. In CMC, one of the mechanisms through which linguistic entrainment happens is through explicit replies. Indeed, the use of explicit replies influences the structure of conversations, favouring the formation of reply-trees typically delineated by topic shifts [5]. The interpersonal coordination mechanisms realized by how actors address each other have been studied using a probabilistic framework proposed by David Gibson [2,3]. Other recent approaches use computational methods and information theory to quantify changes in text. We explore coordination mechanisms concerned with some of the roles utterances play in dialogues - specifically in explicit replies. We identify these roles by finding community structure in the conversation's vocabulary using a non-parametric, hierarchical topic model. Some conversations may always stay on the ground, remaining at the level of general introductory chatter. Some others may develop a specific sub-topic in significant depth and detail. Even others may jump between general chatter, out-of-topic remarks and people agreeing or disagreeing without further elaboration.

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