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Foltz, Anouschka ORCID: 0000-0001-5117-3225, Gaspers, Judith, Meyer, Carolin, Thiele, Kristina, Cimiano, Philipp ORCID: 0000-0002-4771-441X and Stenneken, Prisca (2015). Temporal Effects of Alignment in Text-Based, Task-Oriented Discourse. Discl. Process., 52 (8). S. 609 - 642. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1532-6950

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Abstract

Communicative alignment refers to adaptation to one's communication partner. Temporal aspects of such alignment have been little explored. This article examines temporal aspects of lexical and syntactic alignment (i.e., tendencies to use the interlocutor's lexical items and syntactic structures) in task-oriented discourse. In particular, we investigate whether lexical and syntactic alignment increases throughout the discourse and whether alignment contributes to speedy task completion. We present data from a text-based chat game in which participants instructed each other on where to place objects in a grid. Our methodological approach allows calculating a robust baseline and revealed reliable lexical and syntactic alignment. However, only lexical alignment, but not syntactic alignment, was sensitive to temporal aspects in that only lexical alignment increased throughout the discourse and positively affected task completion time. We discuss how these results relate to the communicative task and mention implications for models of alignment.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Foltz, Anouschka UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5117-3225 UNSPECIFIED Gaspers, Judith UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Meyer, Carolin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Thiele, Kristina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Cimiano, Philipp UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4771-441X UNSPECIFIED Stenneken, Prisca UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-386953
DOI:	10.1080/0163853X.2014.977696
Journal or Publication Title:	Discl. Process.
Volume:	52
Number:	8
Page Range:	S. 609 - 642
Date:	2015
Publisher:	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication:	ABINGDON
ISSN:	1532-6950
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SUCCESS Multiple languages Psychology, Educational; Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/38695