Linguistic Styles Across Time: The Lexical Entrainment of Citizen Scientists

Corey Jackson, Kendall Shae Walch, Kevin Crowston, Carsten Østerlund, Alexander Owen Smith

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Abstract

This poster explores linguistic styles and lexical entrainment among participants in a citizen science project. Focusing on how language evolves within the community over time, we analyze lexical trends and participant language adaptation. Lexical entrainment, or the convergence of language styles among users, was assessed to understand its impact on participant retention and community cohesion. Our findings reveal that as volunteers engage with the project, notable shifts in language patterns occur, potentially reflecting changes in their roles and integration into the community. The results demonstrate that sustained engagement correlates with deeper linguistic alignment, focused on enhancing collaborative efforts and knowledge production. These results can inform the design of more effective communication strategies and collaborative tools, ultimately improving the productivity and cohesiveness of collaboration in other open collaboration communities.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationCSCW Companion 2024 - Companion of the 2024 Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
EditorsMichael Bernstein, Amy Bruckman, Ujwal Gadiraju, Aaron Halfaker, Xiaojuan Ma, Fabiano Pinatti, Miriam Redi, David Ribes, Saiph Savage, Amy Zhang
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages465-471
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9798400711145
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 13 2024
Externally publishedYes
Event27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW Companion 2024 - San Jose, Costa Rica
Duration: Nov 9 2024Nov 13 2024

Publication series

NameProceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Conference

Conference27th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW Companion 2024
Country/TerritoryCosta Rica
CitySan Jose
Period11/9/2411/13/24

Keywords

  • citizen science
  • human behavior
  • language entrainment, liwc-22

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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