Language Use in Group Discourse and Its Relationship to Group Processes

The study examined the relationship between language use and perception of group processes. In an experiment, participants discussed their views about climate change in a chat. Afterward, ( n = 239) filled out themselves Participants who perceived more similarity among members used less complex (cognitive processes language) assenting language. As felt knowledgeable credible topic, “we” pronouns word count increased “I” decreased. Replicating past research, with extreme opinions “you” pronouns, reported engaging perspective-taking pronouns. Results are integrated within input–process–output model suggest that is reflective individual inputs