The Effects of Four Communication Modes on the Structure of Language Used during Cooperative Problem Solving.
Abstract
This paper reports the analysis of the verbal output of 20 two-man teams who communicated through four different channels to solve problems cooperatively. Each word of the protocols was assigned to one of six linguistic classes based on Fries's analysis of the structure of English. Results indicate significant shifts in the relative proportions of the different classes of words as a function of mode of communication. Subjects communicating by voice on the average use more pronouns and more function words than do subjects who write or typewrite. Subjects who handwrite on the average use fewer pronouns and fewer verbs and verb derivatives than do subjects in all other modes of communication. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA018224
Entities
People
- Alphonse Chapanis
- Douglas G. Hoecker
- Francois C. Stoll
- Gerald P. Krueger
Organizations
- Johns Hopkins University