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Partner orientation and speaker's knowledge as conflicting parameters in language production.

H M Buhl1

  • 1Institute of Psychology, University of Jena, Germany. Heike.Maria.Buhl@uni-jena.de

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
|March 27, 2002
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Speakers often use their own perspective, not their partner's, when giving directions. This study explores how personal experience influences spatial language, revealing a tendency against fully partner-oriented communication.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Spatial Cognition

Background:

  • Understanding how speakers convey spatial information is crucial for effective communication.
  • The influence of the listener's perspective versus the speaker's internal representation on spatial language is debated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether spatial reference in route directions is primarily driven by the listener's needs or the speaker's mental representation.
  • To determine the extent to which speakers adopt a partner-oriented perspective in language production.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted involving 90 participants producing route directions.
  • Participants generated directions in a scenario where their viewpoint differed from the intended partner's viewpoint.

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Main Results:

  • A majority of participants described spatial layouts from their own egocentric viewpoint.
  • Fewer participants adopted the perspective of the intended partner.

Conclusions:

  • Speaker's egocentric mental representations can override the need for a partner-oriented perspective in route directions.
  • Language production in spatial contexts may not always be fully attuned to the listener's frame of reference.