LOG 4.0: STYLOMETRICS OVER LEXICON

Date:  2025-12-24

Status: Observational

Context: While attempting to deliberately shift interaction registers (e.g., relational vs analytical), I observed that changes in surface language were insufficient to alter the interaction regime. Despite lexical variation, the system rapidly re-established the same behavioral pattern.  

Observation: Across multiple sessions, interaction regimes stabilized within approximately two turns.  This occurred even when initial language differed in tone, register, or framing. The system appeared to infer the interaction contract from behavioral signals rather than specific words.  

Interpretation:  The suggests that stylometric features - such as pacing, response acceptance, correction behavior, tolerance for redundancy, and escalation patterns dominate lexical choice in basin formation.  Lexicon may influence entry conditions, but stylometric consistency governs retention.  In practice, changing what is said is insufficient to renegotiate the basin; changing how interactional behavior is reinforced is required. 

Open Questions: 

• Which stylometric features contribute most strongly to early contract inference?
• How persistent is a stabilized basin across longer sessions?
• Can deliberate behavioral shifts reliably induce basin renegotiation without session reset? 

Notes: This log does not imply that lexical choices are irrelevant, only that they are secondary to interactional behavior once a regime is established.