Communicative success in spatial dialogue: The impact of functional features and dialogue strategies

Tenbrink, Thora, Andonova, Elena, Schole, Gesa and Coventry, Kenny R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2591-7723 (2017) Communicative success in spatial dialogue: The impact of functional features and dialogue strategies. Language and Speech, 60 (2). pp. 318-329. ISSN 0023-8309

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Abstract

This paper addresses the impact of dialogue strategies and functional features of spatial arrangements on communicative success. To examine the sharing of cognition between two minds in order to achieve a joint goal, we collected a corpus of 24 extended German-language dialogues in a referential communication task that involved furnishing a dolls’ house. Results show how successful communication, as evidenced by correct placement of furniture items, is affected by a) functionality of the furniture arrangement, b) previous task experience, and c) dialogue features such as description length and orientation information. To enhance research in this area, our 'Dolldialogue' corpus is now available as a free resource on www.dolldialogue.space

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 27 May 2016 14:00
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2022 01:12
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59109
DOI: 10.1177/0023830916651097

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