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Jeong, Allan C. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2005
This study tested the effects of linguistic qualifiers and intensifiers on the number and types of replies elicited per argument and per challenge posted in online debates. To facilitate collaborative argumentation, thirty-two students (22 females, 10 males) enrolled in a graduate-level online course classified and labeled their messages as…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Persuasive Discourse, Females, Linguistics