Collaborative Phrasing Refinement
A collaborative, iterative search for the single formulation that precisely fits meaning, tone, and context, defined by repeated refinement of candidate wordings until convergence on one expression.
Operational Definition
One episode would be coded when a contiguous run of turns iteratively refines a target phrasing (two or more successive candidate reformulations aimed at the same expression slot) before settling. The refinement run is the unit.
Measurement Schema
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): Transcript segmentation of phrasing-refinement episodes by two coders (kappa for boundary agreement); within each episode, the count of candidate reformulations until convergence could be reported as iteration depth.