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Dialogue processing: Automatic alignment or controlled understanding?

Hadas Shintel1, Howard C Nusbaum

  • 1Department of Psychology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 hadas@uchicago.edu hcn@speech.spc.uchicago.edu.

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|February 5, 2008
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Linguistic alignment in dialogue may not be automatic. This study suggests that dialogue processing, like speech perception, likely requires cognitive resources for accurate interpretation.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive science
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Computational linguistics

Background:

  • The Pickering & Garrod (P&G) model posits automatic linguistic alignment in dialogue.
  • This model assumes alignment occurs without significant cognitive resource allocation.
  • Existing research indicates speech perception inherently involves resource use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To re-evaluate the P&G model's assumption of automatic dialogue alignment.
  • To investigate the role of cognitive resources in linguistic alignment.
  • To explore whether dialogue processing mirrors speech perception's resource demands.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical analysis of dialogue processing mechanisms.
  • Comparison of dialogue alignment with speech perception models.

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  • Examination of cognitive resource allocation in linguistic tasks.

    • Main Results:

    • Speech perception, even basic levels, demonstrably requires cognitive resources.
    • The inherent variability in dialogue input patterns necessitates controlled processing.
    • Automatic processing is insufficient for handling the complexities of conversational input.

    Conclusions:

    • The assumption of automatic linguistic alignment in the P&G model is challenged.
    • Dialogue processing, particularly alignment, likely involves controlled cognitive processes.
    • Resource-dependent processing is crucial for effective communication and interpretation in dialogue.