The Grammar of Social Relations Lab (GSR Lab) is a joint initiative of Caterina Suitner (Specolab, Padova University, Italy) and Magdalena Formanowicz (Social Grammar Lab, SWPS University, Warsaw, Poland), stemming from the shared interest in social cognition and language and their role in shaping the understanding of social reality. We also have a common perspective on the value of respectful collaboration in science, that allows creativity to blossom while at the same time maintaining scientific rigour allowing full reproducibility. Driven by these shared interests and values, we established a joint lab that gathers our collaborators to fuel our projects with a common interdisciplinary and international perspective. Our goal is to share with the scientific community a collaboration style that merges the goal of high-quality research, with both social relevance and researchers’ wellbeing. Have a look at our projects!
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- A new article is available to read. “Mobilize Is a Verb: The Use of Verbs and Concrete Language Is Associated With Authors’ and Readers’ Perceptions of a Text’s Action Orientation and Persuasiveness”.“Mobilize Is a Verb: The Use of Verbs and Concrete Language Is Associated With Authors’ and Readers’ Perceptions of a Text’s Action Orientation and Persuasiveness” published by the Grammar of Social Relations Lab, in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, explores the effectiveness of linguistic strategies in mobilizing individuals to action. This multi-study research investigates how verbs… Read more: A new article is available to read. “Mobilize Is a Verb: The Use of Verbs and Concrete Language Is Associated With Authors’ and Readers’ Perceptions of a Text’s Action Orientation and Persuasiveness”.
- New article – “The Grammar of Persuasion: A Meta-Analytic Review Disconfirming the Role of Nouns as Linguistic Cues of Subsequent Behavior”.The article “The Grammar of Persuasion: A Meta-Analytic Review Disconfirming the Role of Nouns as Linguistic Cues of Subsequent Behavior” by Marta Witkowska, Joanna Dołżycka, Caterina Suitner, and Magdalena Formanowicz has been published in the Journal of Language and Social Psychology. This research offers a critical examination of the assumption that nouns, as a linguistic… Read more: New article – “The Grammar of Persuasion: A Meta-Analytic Review Disconfirming the Role of Nouns as Linguistic Cues of Subsequent Behavior”.
- New Fabio Fasoli’s and Magdalena Formanowicz’s articleThe article “Can Agentic Messages Help? Linguistic Strategies to Counteract Voice-Based Sexual Orientation Discrimination” published by Fabio Fasoli and Magdalena Formanowicz in the British Journal of Social Psychology explores the impact of agentic messaging in combating discrimination against gay and bisexual men based on the sound of their voice. It examines how expressing agency in messages can… Read more: New Fabio Fasoli’s and Magdalena Formanowicz’s article