Letter repetitions in computer-mediated communication: A unique link between spoken and online language

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Highlights：

• The study explores how letter repetitions in CMC (e.g. yessss) are used as cues.

• Over 500,000 email messages from the Enron Corpus were analyzed.

• It is shown that letter repetitions often, but not always, emulate spoken nonverbal cues.

• A longitudinal analysis demonstrates the dynamic nature of the link to spoken cues.

摘要

•The study explores how letter repetitions in CMC (e.g. yessss) are used as cues.•Over 500,000 email messages from the Enron Corpus were analyzed.•It is shown that letter repetitions often, but not always, emulate spoken nonverbal cues.•A longitudinal analysis demonstrates the dynamic nature of the link to spoken cues.

论文关键词：CMC cues,Nonverbal cues,Computer-mediated communication,Letter repetitions

论文评审过程：Available online 25 February 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.047