Non-Verbal Communication and Cues in Armenian-American Literary Discourse

Non-Verbal Cues for Discourse Structure

This paper addresses the issue of designing embodied conversational agents that exhibit appropriate posture shifts during dialogues with human users. Previous research has noted the importance of hand gestures, eye gaze and head nods in conversations between embodied agents and humans. We present an analysis of human monologues and dialogues that suggests that postural shifts can be predicted a...

Consistency of personality in interactive characters: verbal cues, non-verbal cues, and user characteristics

This study examined whether people would interpret and respond to verbal (text) and non-verbal cues (posture) of personality in interactive characters just as they interpret cues from a person. In a balanced, between-subjects experiment (N"40), introverted and extroverted participants were randomly paired with one of two types of consistent computer characters: (1) matched participants' persona...

Understanding Avatar Sentiments Using Verbal and Non-Verbal Cues

With the increased popularity of virtual worlds, hundreds of thousands of people from different physical locations can join virtual worlds. In this computer-based simulated 3D environment, avatars can both interact with each other and the environment. This new type of world has important implications for business, education, and society at large. In order to fully use the benefits of virtual wo...

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Non-Verbal Communication in Models of Communicative Competence and L2 Teachers’ Rating

Non-verbal communication (NVC) plays a major role in various aspects of human life (Andersen, 2004; Cameron, 2001; Johnstone, 2008). Children learning their first language come to realize non-verbal communication as their socialization process takes place (Fletcher & German, 1990; Ingram, 1996; Owens, 2001). However, most EFL learners may have little exposure to these non-verbal aspects of comm...