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"I" am more concrete than "we": Linguistic abstraction and first-person pronoun usage.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology ( IF 6.4 ) Pub Date : 2022-02-03 , DOI: 10.1037/pspa0000285
Yidan Yin 1 , Cheryl J Wakslak 2 , Priyanka D Joshi 3
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There has been much discussion around when people use "I" versus "we" pronouns, and abstract versus concrete communications, as well as how each of these can shape communication effectiveness. In the current research we bring together these separate research streams. Drawing on research arguing that abstract and concrete language are linked with communicative scope, we argue for an association between linguistic abstractness and personal pronoun usage. Across three archival data sets and two experiments, we find support for this association: Speakers who use more concrete language also use more first person singular (vs. plural) pronouns. In two follow-up studies we further find that this association can impact message effectiveness, such that using more first person singular than plural pronouns is increasingly ineffective when using abstract rather than concrete language, and using more concrete language is increasingly effective when using first-person singular rather than plural pronouns. By illustrating the link between linguistic abstraction and pronoun use, we offer insights into previously documented phenomena and suggest a key way of enhancing communication effectiveness. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译:

“我”比“我们”更具体:语言抽象和第一人称代词用法。

关于人们何时使用“我”与“我们”代词,以及抽象与具体的沟通,以及它们如何影响沟通效率,已经有很多讨论。在当前的研究中,我们汇集了这些独立的研究流。借鉴认为抽象和具体语言与交际范围相关的研究,我们主张语言抽象性与人称代词使用之间存在关联。在三个档案数据集和两个实验中,我们发现了对这种关联的支持:使用更具体语言的说话者也使用更多的第一人称单数(与复数)代词。在两项后续研究中,我们进一步发现这种关联会影响信息的有效性,因此,在使用抽象语言而不是具体语言时,使用更多的第一人称单数而不是复数代词会越来越无效,而在使用第一人称单数而不是复数代词时,使用更具体的语言会越来越有效。通过说明语言抽象和代词使用之间的联系,我们提供了对先前记录的现象的见解,并提出了提高沟通效率的关键方法。(PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA,保留所有权利)。我们提供对先前记录的现象的见解,并提出提高沟通效率的关键方法。(PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA,保留所有权利)。我们提供对先前记录的现象的见解,并提出提高沟通效率的关键方法。(PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA,保留所有权利)。
更新日期:2022-02-03
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