1. Linguistic Markers of Grandiose Narcissism: A LIWC Analysis of 15 Samples
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Fenne große Deters, Nicholas S. Holtzman, Ryne A. Sherman, James W. Pennebaker, Allison Mary Tackman, Matthias R. Mehl, Mitja D. Back, Albrecht C. P. Küfner, Melanie S. Brucks, M. Brent Donnellan, and Angela L. Carey
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Department Psychologie ,Linguistics and Language ,Sociology and Political Science ,Social Psychology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,050109 social psychology ,050105 experimental psychology ,Language and Linguistics ,Linguistics ,Education ,ddc:150 ,Anthropology ,Narcissism ,medicine ,Personality ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,media_common - Abstract
Narcissism is unrelated to using first-person singular pronouns. Whether narcissism is linked to other language use remains unclear. We aimed to identify linguistic markers of narcissism. We applied the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count to texts ( k = 15; N = 4,941). The strongest positive correlates were using words related to sports, second-person pronouns, and swear words. The strongest negative correlates were using anxiety/fear words, tentative words, and words related to sensory/perceptual processes. Effects were small (each | r| < .10).
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- 2019