Synchronized Linguistic Interactions: A Measure of "Clicking" in Young Children
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Swenson, Rebecca R.
Issue Date
2000
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Thesis
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en_US
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To investigate various components of language involved in social interactions and
their relation to social integration in young children, the Garvey Corpus (Garvey
& Hogan, 1973) was analyzed using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC),
a computer-based probabilistic text analysis program. Transcriptions of
naturalistic play interactions between 46 dyads of children (3 Y2 to 5-years-old)
were analyzed for linguistic synchrony by LIWC and were rated by independent
judges using the Interaction Rating Questionnaire (IRQ). We expected to find that
linguistic markers of synchrony show a developmental trend in young children so
that the older the participants were, the more linguistic synchrony was evident in
their language, both according to the LIWC analyses and the IRQ. We also
expected to find that the more linguistic dimensions on which participants yielded
equivalent LIWC percentages, the higher independent judges would rate the
participants as "clicking." Preliminary findings suggest that the older the children
in a dyad are, the more likely judges are to perceive the interaction as being
synchronous.
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vii, 29 p.
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