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Previous research has identified linguistic markers of deception in English-speaking participants. Questions remain regarding the utility of such indicators in languages other than English. This study investigated the utility of pronouns as a linguistic marker of deception in Italian. Twenty native speakers of Italian gave their true and false opin...
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We investigated automatic retrieval of the knowledge of having lied or having told the truth to a question, depending on (a) the quality of the statement (true vs. false response) and (b) the overall proportion of (dis-)honest responses. We therefore manipulated the proportion of lies and truths being told in an oral interview. Automatic retrieval...
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... Literature examining the psycho-linguistic features of in-person and online communication suggests a wealth of insights regarding the language people employ when being deceptive (see Appendix A for a summary). This literature provides consistent evidence that lies are characterized by reduced usage of first person pronouns fraudulent (Hancock et al. 2007; Marketing Science Institute Working Paper Series et al. 2011 ;Newman et al. 2003;Toma and Hancock 2010), because liars seek to avoid personal and specific referencing (Villar, Arciuli, and Barsaglini 2010). In the domain of product reviews, a recurrent finding is that insincere reviews tend to be more extremei.e. ...
... References Less pronouns Villar, Arciuli, and Barsaglini (2010) Less use of first person pronouns ("I"/"we") Hancock et al. (2008) (2011) More "um" in speech Arciuli, Mallard, and Villar (2010) Too slow or too fast response in speech Baskett and Freedle 1974 Marketing Science Institute Working Paper Series ...
This paper is an analysis of verbal and vocal clues in situations of false and true statements. 10 independent evaluators participated in the research: 5 male and 5 female, students of The Academy of Crime and Police Studies, average age between 21 and 24 years. Their task was to assess frequency of certain verbal and vocal clues based on the analysis of ten transcripts containing both statements of persons lying and telling truth (5 false and 5 true statements) as well based on audio recordings of these statements; after the analysis they were requested to give their harmonized assessment. For the purpose of this research a list of verbal and vocal clues was created, and clues were selected on the basis of scientific findings up to date. Some of statement content analysis criteria were used to assess verbal statements (directness, admitting he/she cannot recall something and unusual details, quantity/quality and comprehensiveness of details and length of an answer), while some verbal clues were assessed through quantitative calculations (number of words, length of an answer and frequency of speech errors). Noticed frequency of certain verbal clues (directness, admitting he/she cannot recall something and unusual details) and frequency of certain vocal clues (speech errors, latency period, pause frequency, tone level, speech pace/tempo) was presented by use of 4-degree Likert scale (ranging from none to numerous). Results related to verbal clues led to the conclusion that there are certain differences between false and true statements. More words were used in true statements, and answers of persons telling the true were more immediate, i.e. direct and clear. When it comes to vocal clues, there are also certain differences between false and true statements. While telling true examined persons were speaking fast and loud, while in false statements persons were speaking fast and loud at the beginning but their speech became slower and quieter as interview was developing; speech errors were also recorded. The conclusions were corroborated by findings of other studies.
