Linguistic inquiry and word count (LIWC): Pronounced "Luke,". and other useful facts

Applied Natural Language Processing: Identification, Investigation and Resolution

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 206-229

  Chung, Cindy K ^a   Pennebaker, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84899200129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-741-8.ch012     Document Type: Chapter

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