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Do speakers align at the discourse level? The role of discourse segments in task-oriented dialogue.

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Hu, Junfei [UCL] Degand, Liesbeth [UCL]

This study investigates to what extent interlocutors converge regarding the type of conversational discourse unit used when undertaking a similar action at a given sequential position as the dialogue unfolds. Drawing on the examination of the task-oriented dialogue where two English speakers describe and draw the novel 2D objects in turn, we found that interlocutors restlessly endeavoured to be similar to their dialogic partner in terms of the choice of CDU type to conduct instruction.

Document type Communication à un colloque (Conference Paper) – Présentation orale avec comité de sélection
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2022
Language Anglais
Conference "CogLing Days 2022", Tilburg, The Netherland (du 08/12/2022 au 09/12/2022)
Affiliation UCL - SSH/ILC - Institut Langage et Communication
Keywords discourse alignment ; conversational discourse unit ; instructive sequence ; spoken English ; task-oriented dialogue
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Bibliographic reference Hu, Junfei ; Degand, Liesbeth. Do speakers align at the discourse level? The role of discourse segments in task-oriented dialogue..CogLing Days 2022 (Tilburg, The Netherland, du 08/12/2022 au 09/12/2022).
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/272622