Automatic estimation of users' verbal intelligence
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Words Abstract words are words or concepts that cannot be grasped by the human senses and that do not provoke a corresponding image in the mind. In the German language, abstract words may be constructed from adjectives and verbs with an emotional tone, for example ärgern Ärger (to make angry anger), hassen Hass (to hate hatred), blöd Blödheit (foolish foolishness), dumm Dummheit (stupidly stupidity). Usually these words have suffixes -heit, -keit, -ung (Schönheit (beauty), Zärtlichkeit (tenderness), Täuschung (deception)). The number of abstract words is an important feature in psychological studies [Walter, 2008; Mergenthaler, 1996]. For instance, the proportion of abstract and emotion words during psychotherapeutic sessions reflects the psychic state of a patient and may show the effectiveness of therapy [Mergenthaler, 1998b, 2000]. Abstract words are frequently used by individuals with a high “strength of their need for achievement” [McClelland et al., 1953]. Individuals with a low need of achievements used more negations and dependent clauses. In this work, the number of abstract words in monologues and dialogues were measured using a program CM [Mergenthaler, 1998a]. A more detailed description of this tool is presented in Section 4.2.2.
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