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Linking verbal and non-verbal representations: computer analysis of referential activity.

E Mergenthaler¹, W Bucci

¹University of Ulm, Germany. merg@sip.medizin.uni-ulm.de

The British Journal of Medical Psychology

|October 19, 1999

Summary

Researchers developed a computer-assisted method to measure Referential Activity, the link between non-verbal experience and language. This new tool accurately models human scoring of this linguistic function.

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Area of Science:

Psycholinguistics
Computational Linguistics
Content Analysis

Background:

Referential Activity (RA) is crucial for understanding the connection between non-verbal experiences and language.
Accurate measurement of RA is essential for various psychological and linguistic research.
Existing methods for scoring RA can be subjective and time-consuming.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel, computer-assisted procedure for modeling Referential Activity scales.
To create an objective and efficient measure of Referential Activity based on text analysis.

Main Methods:

Utilized a large, judge-rated text corpus, selecting extreme samples for Referential Activity (RA).
Identified Characteristic Vocabularies (frequent words unique to each corpus end).

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Developed a Computerized Referential Activity (CRA) measure using 181 frequent words as dictionaries and content analysis techniques.

Main Results:

A set of 181 frequent words was identified, accounting for 50% of the text corpora.
The Computerized Referential Activity (CRA) measure demonstrated a correlation of approximately .50 with human judge scores.
The CRA measure showed consistent performance across both development and test datasets.

Conclusions:

The developed computer-assisted procedure provides a reliable method for measuring Referential Activity.
This computational approach offers an efficient alternative to manual scoring of RA.
The findings support the utility of content analysis techniques in psycholinguistic research.