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Phys.org — Social Sciences · September 19, 2026 · On the brief until October 3, 2026

Are bots changing how people talk? Language in the age of AI

LinguisticsCommunicationsSociology
THE AI ANGLE
Altering human linguistic habits and conversational dynamics through reciprocal mirroring

Northeastern University researchers report that generative AI is altering human communication by prompting bidirectional linguistic mirroring, encouraging specific vocabulary, and flattening syntax across languages toward English-style word order. Simultaneously, communicators are actively pruning perceived bot markers like em dashes to maintain linguistic distance, while habitual reliance on agreeable chatbots threatens people's capacity to navigate real-world interpersonal conflict.

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Instructors can explore the sociolinguistic tension between humans unconsciously accommodating to AI speech patterns and deliberately purging bot-associated stylistic markers to protect their human identity.

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