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ERIC Number: ED657074
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 239
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3828-3235-7
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The Effect of Linguistic Properties on Typing Behaviors and Production Processes
Erin Pacquetet
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo
This dissertation explores the relationship between language production processes and recorded typing behaviors among native speakers of English writing in their native language. Typing is quite prevalent in modern societies, as its use is becoming increasingly required in professional and personal settings but it remains largely understudied in the linguistic field. The main objective of this dissertation is to understand how the different linguistic properties of a chunk of text impact the production processes that are necessary for typing, and how those transpire into observable typing behaviors. Throughout this dissertation, a series of tests and analyses work to consistently demonstrate that linguistic properties significantly impact observable typing behavior. The model of typed production that is tested will serve as a baseline for understanding language planning and its influence on typing behavior. The main aim of this dissertation work is to investigate how pauses and disfluency patterns are articulated around text production. It then delves deeper into the analysis of units of text that are typed with more fluency and aims to estimate how far planning spans and how much language is processed at once. Finally, this project explores the different backspacing strategies that are put in place by typists when provided with the editing tools that typing facilitates. This work aims to further our understanding of language production in the digital age, by offering novel insights into how typing behaviors are affected by production processes and how those are linked to the linguistic properties of the text being typed. It acknowledges the exploratory nature of the work and the need for further research on the topic. The methodology devised for this project has already been streamlined and used in collaborative research projects, further highlighting the potential of keystroke log analysis for academic and practical linguistic research. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
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Language: English
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