Identifying interpersonal distance using systemic features

Maria Herke-Couchman; Casey Whitelaw

Identifying interpersonal distance using systemic features

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This paper uses Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) theory as a basis for extracting semantic features of documents. We focus on the pronominal and determination system and the role it plays in constructing interpersonal distance. By using a hierarchical system model that represents the author’s language choices, it is possible to construct a rich and informative feature representation. Using these systemic features, we report clear separation between registers with different interpersonal distance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Australasian Language Technology Summer School (ALTSS) and Australasian Language Technology Workshop (ALTW)
Editors	Catherine Bow, Baden Hughes
Place of Publication	Melbourne
Publisher	University of Melbourne
Pages	146-153
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	0975168711
Publication status	Published - 2003
Event	Australasian Language Technology Summer School (ALTSS) and Australasian Language Technology Workshop (ALTW) (2003) - Melbourne Duration: 8 Dec 2003 → 12 Dec 2003

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Workshop	Australasian Language Technology Summer School (ALTSS) and Australasian Language Technology Workshop (ALTW) (2003)
City	Melbourne
Period	8/12/03 → 12/12/03

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Herke-Couchman, M., & Whitelaw, C. (2003). Identifying interpersonal distance using systemic features. In C. Bow, & B. Hughes (Eds.), Proceedings of the Australasian Language Technology Summer School (ALTSS) and Australasian Language Technology Workshop (ALTW) (pp. 146-153). University of Melbourne. http://www.alta.asn.au/events/altss_w2003_proc/altw/papers/herke-couchman-final.pdf

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Herke-Couchman, M & Whitelaw, C 2003, Identifying interpersonal distance using systemic features. in C Bow & B Hughes (eds), Proceedings of the Australasian Language Technology Summer School (ALTSS) and Australasian Language Technology Workshop (ALTW). University of Melbourne, Melbourne, pp. 146-153, Australasian Language Technology Summer School (ALTSS) and Australasian Language Technology Workshop (ALTW) (2003), Melbourne, 8/12/03. <http://www.alta.asn.au/events/altss_w2003_proc/altw/papers/herke-couchman-final.pdf>

Identifying interpersonal distance using systemic features. / Herke-Couchman, Maria; Whitelaw, Casey.
Proceedings of the Australasian Language Technology Summer School (ALTSS) and Australasian Language Technology Workshop (ALTW). ed. / Catherine Bow; Baden Hughes. Melbourne: University of Melbourne, 2003. p. 146-153.

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