Truth or lie: Exploring the language of deception.

ABSTRACT: Lying appears in everyday oral and written communication. As a consequence, detecting it on the basis of linguistic analysis is particularly important. Our study aimed to verify whether the differences between true and false statements in terms of complexity and sentiment that were reported in previous studies can be confirmed using tools dedicated to measuring those factors. Further, we investigated whether linguistic features that differentiate true and false utterances in English-namely utterance length, concreteness, and particular parts-of-speech-are also present in the Polish language. We analyzed nearly 1,500 true and false statements, half of which were transcripts while the other half were written statements. Our results show that false statements are less complex in terms of voca

SUBMITTER: Sarzynska-Wawer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9894434 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature