Natural Language Analysis and the Psychology of Verbal Behavior : The Past, Present, and Future States of the Field

Boyd, Ryan and Schwartz, H. Andrew (2021) Natural Language Analysis and the Psychology of Verbal Behavior : The Past, Present, and Future States of the Field. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 40 (1). pp. 21-41. ISSN 0261-927X

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Abstract

Throughout history, scholars and laypeople alike have believed that our words contain subtle clues about what we are like as people, psychologically speaking. However, the ways in which language has been used to infer psychological processes has seen dramatic shifts over time and, with modern computational technologies and digital data sources, we are on the verge of a massive revolution in language analysis research. In this article, we discuss the past and current states of research at the intersection of language analysis and psychology, summarizing the central successes and shortcomings of psychological text analysis to date. We additionally outline and discuss a critical need for language analysis practitioners in the social sciences to expand their view of verbal behavior. Lastly, we discuss the trajectory of interdisciplinary research on language and the challenges of integrating analysis methods across paradigms, recommending promising future directions for the field along the way.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Language and Social Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? language analysiscomputational social sciencenatural language processingattentioneducationlinguistics and languagesocial psychologysociology and political scienceanthropology ??
ID Code:
148557
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Deposited On:
28 Oct 2020 12:00
Refereed?:
Yes
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Published
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15 Jul 2024 21:08