Emotional appeal in ChatGPT prompts: A study of L2 speakers’ perceptions

This article investigates the rhetorical means used by EFL university students in interactions with ChatGPT with emotional prompts. It has been found that most participants do not construe the interaction with the bot as a traditional communicative situation, and do not frame the bot as a humanlike...

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Main Authors: Iryna Morozova, Valeriia Nikolaienko
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Language:English
Published: Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne/ Polish Rhetoric Society 2024-12-01
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Online Access:http://resrhetorica.com/index.php/RR/article/view/850
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description This article investigates the rhetorical means used by EFL university students in interactions with ChatGPT with emotional prompts. It has been found that most participants do not construe the interaction with the bot as a traditional communicative situation, and do not frame the bot as a humanlike agent. However, after being prompted to use emotional appeal, the participants mapped the features of human-human communicative situation without mapping the perception of the interlocutor as a human being.  
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spelling doaj-art-d6eb5e23b61646a9bcc6206d72d2762f2025-01-05T21:21:05ZengPolskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne/ Polish Rhetoric SocietyRes Rhetorica2392-31132024-12-0111410.29107/rr2024.4.9Emotional appeal in ChatGPT prompts: A study of L2 speakers’ perceptionsIryna Morozova0Valeriia Nikolaienko1V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityV.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University This article investigates the rhetorical means used by EFL university students in interactions with ChatGPT with emotional prompts. It has been found that most participants do not construe the interaction with the bot as a traditional communicative situation, and do not frame the bot as a humanlike agent. However, after being prompted to use emotional appeal, the participants mapped the features of human-human communicative situation without mapping the perception of the interlocutor as a human being.   http://resrhetorica.com/index.php/RR/article/view/850ChatGPTintersubjectivityhuman-computer interactionconversational AIemotional prompting
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Emotional appeal in ChatGPT prompts: A study of L2 speakers’ perceptions
Res Rhetorica
ChatGPT
intersubjectivity
human-computer interaction
conversational AI
emotional prompting
title Emotional appeal in ChatGPT prompts: A study of L2 speakers’ perceptions
title_full Emotional appeal in ChatGPT prompts: A study of L2 speakers’ perceptions
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title_full_unstemmed Emotional appeal in ChatGPT prompts: A study of L2 speakers’ perceptions
title_short Emotional appeal in ChatGPT prompts: A study of L2 speakers’ perceptions
title_sort emotional appeal in chatgpt prompts a study of l2 speakers perceptions
topic ChatGPT
intersubjectivity
human-computer interaction
conversational AI
emotional prompting
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