Running Repairs: Coordinating Meaning in Dialogue.
Running Repairs: Coordinating Meaning in Dialogue.
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运行修复：协调对话中的含义。
DOI：
10.1111/tops.12336
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发表时间：
2018
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3
通讯作者：
Healey PGT
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作者：
Healey PGT
人们在交谈中给予反馈：既有表示理解的积极信号，如皱眉，也有表示误解的消极信号，如皱眉。理解和误解信号如何影响会话中语言使用的协调性？使用聊天工具和基于迷宫的参考任务，我们测试了两种选择性干扰实时对话中反馈的实验操作：（a）“减弱”，用较弱的、更临时的信号，例如“errr”或“umm”，以及（2）“放大”，其取代来自澄清请求的相对具体的误解信号，例如“在左边吗？"有麻烦的一般信号，比如“嗯？”或者“嗯？"结果表明，放大促进快速收敛更系统，抽象的方式来描述迷宫的位置，而衰减没有显着的影响。我们将此解释为证据，即“运行修复”-处理误解的过程中的飞行-是关键的驱动程序的语义协调对话。这表明了一个新的方向的实验工作的会话和一个富有成效的方式连接的会话分析的实证帐户与形式语义学和心理语言学的表征和处理的关注。
People give feedback in conversation: both positive signals of understanding, such as nods, and negative signals of misunderstanding, such as frowns. How do signals of understanding and misunderstanding affect the coordination of language use in conversation? Using a chat tool and a maze‐based reference task, we test two experimental manipulations that selectively interfere with feedback in live conversation: (a) “Attenuation” that replaces positive signals of understanding such as “right” or “okay” with weaker, more provisional signals such as “errr” or “umm” and (2) “Amplification” that replaces relatively specific signals of misunderstanding from clarification requests such as “on the left?” with generic signals of trouble such as “huh?” or “eh?”. The results show that Amplification promotes rapid convergence on more systematic, abstract ways of describing maze locations while Attenuation has no significant effect. We interpret this as evidence that “running repairs”—the processes of dealing with misunderstandings on the fly—are key drivers of semantic coordination in dialogue. This suggests a new direction for experimental work on conversation and a productive way to connect the empirical accounts of Conversation Analysis with the representational and processing concerns of Formal Semantics and Psycholinguistics.