Pragma-linguistic cue

N

M

St. dv

p-value (ANOVA)

Use of pronouns he/she (total)

91

3.12

1.97

Deceptive

30

1.76

1.20

<0.0001

Truthful

61

4.78

1.36

Use of pronouns we/they (total)

83

2.67

2.13

Deceptive

74

4.35

1.16

<0.0001

Truthful

9

0.64

0.84

Indefinite nouns (total)

90

2.90

2.07

Deceptive

73

4.29

1.49

<0.0001

Truthful

17

1.21

1.25

Definite nouns (total)

158

5.09

2.07

Deceptive

62

3.64

1.27

<0.0001

Truthful

96

6.85

1.35

Name of the “author” (total)

69

2.225

2.02

Deceptive

11

0.64

0.78

<0.0001

Truthful

58

4.14

1.23

Extended personal assessment (n. of sentences) (total)

70

2.25

1.78

Deceptive

63

3.7

0.84

<0.0001

Truthful

7

0.50

0.65

Unclear source of information (n. of conversations) (total)

7

0.41

0.50

Deceptive

7 of 17

0.76

0.43

<0.0001

Truthful

0 of 14

0.00

0.00

Mixed details (total)

57

1.83

1.43

Deceptive

49

2.88

0.92

<0.0001

Truthful

8

0.57

0.75

Advices “not to take personally” (total)

28

0.90

1.01

Deceptive

1

0.11

0.33

<0.0001

Truthful

27

1.85

0.66

Connectors (total)

120

3.80

2.58

Deceptive

99

5.70

1.75

<0.0001

Truthful

21

1.5

1.09