Communicative and Cognitive Pressures in Semantic Alignment
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Descriptions used by participants in conversation tend to be progressively systematized. A paradigmatic example of this phenomenon is the global shift from concrete to abstract descriptions observed in Maze Task dialogues. We propose to explain this trend by the appeal to communicative and cognitive pressures exerted on participants during conversation. We conclude that models of meaning coordination in dialogue should incorporate communicative and cognitive biases towards expressiveness and ease of processing.
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تاریخ انتشار 2017