Scholars across disciplines have long debated the existence of a common structure that
underlies narratives. Using computer-based language analysis methods, several structural …

We investigate the extent to which language versions (English, French and Arabic) of the
same science test are comparable in terms of item difficulty and demands. We argue that …

This paper analyzes linguistic variables employed strategically in various instances of
political communication to present different levels of intimacy in relation to a continuum …

Although euphemism has been studied in many Arabic dialects, it has not yet received due
attention in Iraqi Arabic (IA). This study investigates the use of euphemistic strategies by IA …

Humans are naturally endowed with the ability to write in a particular style. They can, for
instance, rephrase a formal letter in an informal way, convey a literal message with the use …

This paper decodes the compositional features of President Trump's letter to Speaker of the
House–Democrat Nancy Pelosi–published on December 17, 2019 1, on White House …

Previous research on Chinese people's child bearing and rearing beliefs (CBRBs) has
overwhelmingly focused on how Chinese view specific issues about child bearing and …

This study investigated the impact of pedagogical agents' conversational formality on
learning and engagement in a trialog-based intelligent tutoring system (ITS). Participants …

The linguistic notion of formality is one dimension of stylistic variation in human
communication. A universal characteristic of language production, formality has surface …

This study investigated the impact of conversational agent formality on the quality of
summaries and formality of written summaries during the training session and on posttest in …