Use Smaller Words, Socrates: Using Words and Particles to Predict Conversation Types in the Socratic Dialogues

Ben Thompson
MLC 153

Ben Thompson will discuss in what way he used data to discover how tiny words wield huge power in shaping Socrates conversations. 

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