TTR: A microcomputer application to language analysis

Sherblom, John C.; Sherblom, Anne P.

doi:10.1080/10570318709374253

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“…The result of insistence is consistent with and linked to variety, which measures the diversity of language. A low score on insistence and a high score on variety indicate greater language diversity, flexibility and credibility (Sherblom & Sherblom, 1987).…”

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The Use of Optimistic Tone by Ethical Firms' Leaders

Alshorman¹,

Melhem²

2023

JJBA

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This study analyzes the annual letter to shareholders of firms that have been recognized for their ethical practices to reveal a verbal tone that can characterize their leaders. This study identifies 63 Chairs/CEOs, representing 63 firms that had been listed among the world’s most ethical companies for three consecutive years (or more). Using DICTION software, their letters were analyzed for five general tones (certainty, activity, optimism, realism and commonality). The comparisons between the whole-sample tone and DICTION's 'normal range' of tones shows consistently that their letters to shareholders exhibit a strong tone of optimism, compared to their peers from Fortune 500 companies, social activists, religious leaders and political campaigners.

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The Use of Optimistic Tone by Ethical Firms' Leaders

Alshorman¹,

Melhem²

2023

JJBA

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“…This phenomenon, known in the literature as entrainment, alignment, coordination, adaptation, unconscious mimicry, or 'the Chameleon Effect' (below we will use the term 'entrainment' exclusively), occurs along many acoustic, prosodic, syntactic and lexical dimensions -as well as in social behavior such as turn-taking -in both human-human interactions [15,25,64,77,54,78,18] and human-computer interactions [16,72,5]. Evidence of entrainment has been demonstrated in vowel spectra [1]; fundamental frequency [2]; pronunciation [40,59]; intensity [53]; voice quality [67]; lexical and syntactic choice [14,64]; frequency and duration of pauses [45]; speaking rate [39,5]; response latency ( [21]); utterance length [50]; turntaking behavior [47], jokes and laughter [63]. It has been found in many cultures: Hungarian [46], Frisian and Dutch [36,81],…”

Section: Entrainmentmentioning

confidence: 99%