Twitter users change word usage according to conversation-partner social identity

Social Networks

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-89

  Tamburrini, Nadine ^a   Cinnirella, Marco ^a   Jansen, Vincent A A ^a   Bryden, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; Language accommodation; Linguistic convergence; Social identity; Social network analysis; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907486145     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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