Year: 2026
Type: review
Abstract: Communication across languages is increasingly mediated by artificial intelligence (AI). This creates opportunities for people with different language backgrounds to communicate in their respective native languages. AI-mediated communication can therefore reduce cognitive effort, disfluency, and social stigma associated with speaking a non-native language. At the same time, non-native language use influences cognitive, emotional, and social processes that go beyond the accurate transmission of meaning. By affecting these processes and introducing new cues, AI-mediated communication could also have unintended effects on communication effectiveness and social evaluations between interlocutors. We examine the conditions under which these effects may help or hinder cross-linguistic interactions and identify directions for research on the psychology of cross-linguistic communication as AI language tools become prevalent.
Source: Current Opinion in Psychology
Authors: Zeynep Aslan, Janet Geipel, Boaz Keysar
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,260
OpenAlex ID: W7213538719