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Author Fischer, Kerstin, 1966- author.

Title Designing speech for a recipient : the roles of partner modeling, alignment and feedback in so-called 'simplified registers'/ Kerstin Fischer
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource : color illustrations
Series Pragmatics & beyond new series (P & BNS) ; volume 270
Pragmatics & beyond ; new series, 270
Contents Designing Speech for a Recipient; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Open issues; 1.2 'Simplified registers'; 1.3 Overview of the volume; Chapter 2. The role of the addressee: Central notions; 2.1 Recipient design and membership categorization; 2.2 Participation structure; 2.3 Audience design and style; 2.4 Accommodation; 2.5 Register; 2.6 Common ground; 2.6.1 Common ground as a set of propositions; 2.6.2 Common ground as a shared basis; 2.6.3 Common ground as a collaborative achievement; 2.7 Alignment; 2.8 Feedback
2.9 Interim conclusions; Chapter 3. Methods and data; 3.1 Methods; 3.1.1 Experimental data elicitation; 3.1.2 Qualitative analysis; 3.1.3 Quantitative analysis; 3.2 Human-robot interaction data; Interactions with Aibo, Scorpion and Pioneer: Robot appearance; Human-Aibo interaction: Non-verbal vs. verbal robot output; Human-Rolland interaction: Non-verbal vs. verbal robot output; 3.3 Transcription conventions; Chapter 4. Talking to children; 4.1 Linguistic description of the variety; 4.1.1 Phonetic, phonological and prosodic properties; 4.1.2 Grammatical properties
4.1.3 Semantic and pragmatic properties; 4.2 Homogeneity; 4.2.1 Variation: Speakers; Mothers versus non-mothers; Mothers versus fathers; Socio-economic and psychological factors; Siblings; 4.2.2 Boys versus girls; 4.2.3 Variation: Developmental finetuning; 4.2.4 Variation: Situation; 4.3 Functionality; 4.3.1 Affective functions; 4.3.2 Communicative functions; 4.3.3 Facilitating language acquisition; 4.4 The role of alignment; 4.5 The role of the partner's feedback; 4.6 The relationship between partner modeling, alignment and feedback; Chapter 5. Talking to foreigners
5.1 Linguistic description of the variety; 5.1.1 Phonological and prosodic properties; 5.1.2 Grammatical properties; 5.1.3 Semantic and pragmatic properties; 5.2 Functionality; 5.3 Homogeneity; 5.4 The relationship between partner modeling, alignment and feedback; Chapter 6. Talking to robots; 6.1 Linguistic description of the variety; 6.1.1 Phonological and prosodic properties; 6.1.2 Lexical properties; 6.1.3 Grammatical properties; 6.1.4 Semantic and pragmatic properties; 6.2 Functionality; 6.3 The role of alignment; 6.4 The role of partner models; 6.4.1 Appearance
6.4.2 External variables: Gender; 6.4.3 Personal partner models and linguistic choice; 6.5 The role of the partner's feedback; 6.6 The relationship between partner modeling, alignment and feedback; Chapter 7. Conclusions ; 7.1 Simplified registers?; 7.1.1 The notion of simplification; 7.1.2 The notion of register; 7.2 The role of the addressee in interaction -- some answers; Partner modeling; Alignment; Feedback; Linguistic choice; 7.3 General conclusions; Bibliography; Index
Summary This study asks how speakers adjust their speech to their addressees, focusing on the potential roles of cognitive representations such as partner models, automatic processes such as interactive alignment, and social processes such as interactional negotiation. The nature of addressee orientation is investigated on three candidates for so-called 'simplified registers': speech to children (also called 'motherese' or 'baby talk'), speech to foreigners (also called 'foreigner talk') and speech to robots. The volume integrates research from various disciplines, such as psychology, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics and conversation analysis, and offers both overviews of child-directed, foreigner-directed and robot-directed speech and in-depth analyses of the processes involved in adjusting to a communication partner
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 7, 2021)
Subject Pragmatics -- Social aspects
Discourse analysis -- Social aspects
Language and languages -- Variation.
Communication models.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Communication models
Discourse analysis -- Social aspects
Language and languages -- Variation
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016050592
ISBN 9789027266170
9027266174