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Linearization strategies during language production

F Ferreira1, J M Henderson

  • 1Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1117, USA. fernanda@pilot.msu.edu, or john@eyelab.msu.edu

Memory & Cognition
|March 31, 1998
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Speakers prefer to describe simpler or shorter network branches first. This language production strategy, termed incrementalism, may benefit both speakers and listeners during communication.

Area of Science:

  • Psycholinguistics
  • Cognitive Science
  • Language Production

Background:

  • Discourse planning is a key aspect of language production.
  • Previous work by Levelt (1981, 1982) established foundational principles in this area.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how speakers plan discourse during language production.
  • To examine the influence of network branch complexity and length on description order.

Main Methods:

  • Participants described simple two-branched networks.
  • The branches varied in length or complexity.
  • The primary dependent measure was the order of branch description (left or right first).

Main Results:

  • Speakers preferentially described less complex branches before more complex ones.

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  • Speakers also preferred to describe shorter branches before longer ones.
  • These findings align with Levelt's minimal-load principle.

    • Conclusions:

    • The principle of incrementalism (Levelt, 1989) helps explain the observed description preferences.
    • Incrementalism in language production may offer advantages for both the speaker and the listener.
    • This suggests a cognitive basis for efficient information sequencing in communication.