Pronouns in everyday conversations may indicate an impending breakup months in advance even before either partner realizes what’s happening.
Researchers analyzed more than 1 million posts by 6,800 Reddit users one year before and one year after they shared news about their breakups in the r/BreakUps subreddit. The researchers found that three months before the breakup, their language began to change and did not return to normal until about six months after.
The study, published in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to examine breakups and how long they last using natural language data.
“It seems that even before people are aware that a breakup is going to happen, it starts to affect their lives,” says lead author Sarah Seraj, a doctoral candidate in psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. “We don’t really notice how many times we are using prepositions, articles, or pronouns, but these function words get altered in a way when you
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AUSTIN, Texas Evidence of an impending breakup may exist in the small words used in everyday conversations months before either partner realizes where their relationship is heading, according to new psychology research.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin analyzed more than 1 million posts by 6,800 Reddit users one year before and one year after they shared news about their breakups in the r/BreakUps subreddit. The researchers found that three months before the breakup, their language began to change and did not return to normal until about six months after.
The study, published in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to examine breakups and how long they last using natural language data.
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