00000ctm a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217613217965 Buklod 20200108091411.0 m |o d | ta 200108s2013 xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPD-00429665721 DARCHIVES rda eng DMLUC LG 996 2013 P51 A45 Alis, Christian M. author. Dynamics of conversational utterances Christian M. Alis ; May T. Lim, adviser. Quezon City National Institute of Physics, College of Science, University of the Philippines Diliman 2013. xiii, 58 leaves [21 unnumbered] illustrations 28 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Thesis (Ph.D.-Physics)--University of the Philippines Diliman April 2013. Not available to the general public,only to those bound by nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement. Conversations allow the quick transfer of short bits of information and an utterance is a turn in a conversation. Analysis of conversations usually focus on turn-taking patterns and effects of social structure on conversations. Little is known, therefore, on the dynamics of utterances themselves. Using conversations in works of fiction and in the online social networking platform Twitter, we show that the utterance length of conversations is shortening with time but adapts more strongly to the constraints of the communication medium. This indicates that the introduction of any new medium of communication can affect the way natural language evolves. The shortening of utterances, on the other hand,can be explained by increasing usage of jargon, which in turn, is a possible evidence of segregation of Twitter users into groups, and of faster adoption of new words and word forms.The variability of conversational utterances implies that conversations are not immutable and readily adapt with external factors. Social networks. Communication Network analysis. Lim, May T. adviser. FI UPD DARCHIVES LG 996 2013 P51 A45 Thesis