Interaction in dialogue : the effects of partner feedback on speakers, addressees and over-hearers
The primary aim of this thesis is to analyse how interaction with a conversational partner affects the performance of speakers, their addressees and those who overhear the discourse.Â  Speakers frequently appear to adjust their speech to accommodate their addresseesâ needs, and this often seems to occur as a direct response to the feedback they received from their partners. The bulk of the research in this area has focussed upon the manner in which speakers use feedback to facilitate the overall success of the interaction but fewer studies have investigated how feedback specifically affects detailed characteristics of the speakersâ speech. This thesis attempts to investigate such a topic, whilst also examining the benefit to addressees of being able to give feedback, and the benefit to overhearers of hearing addresseesâ feedback. The thesis begins by examining the effect of feedback on speakersâ and addresseesâ performances. It first reports a referential communication task which investigated some of the notable differences in speakersâ speech in monologue and dialogue contexts (Experiment 1). I focussed in particular on how detailed aspects of language production, such as the length of object
Catchpole, Ciara M.
Interaction in dialogue : the effects of partner feedback on speakers, addressees and over-hearers. The primary aim of this thesis is to analyse how interaction with a conversational partner affects the performance of speakers, their addressees and those who overhear the discourse.Â  Speakers frequently appear to adjust their speech to accommodate their addresseesâ needs, and this often seems to occur as a direct response to the feedback they received from their partners. The bulk of the research in this area has focussed upon the manner in which speakers use feedback to facilitate the overall success of the interaction but fewer studies have investigated how feedback specifically affects detailed characteristics of the speakersâ speech. This thesis attempts to investigate such a topic, whilst also examining the benefit to addressees of being able to give feedback, and the benefit to overhearers of hearing addresseesâ feedback. The thesis begins by examining the effect of feedback on speakersâ and addresseesâ performances. It first reports a referential communication task which investigated some of the notable differences in speakersâ speech in monologue and dialogue contexts (Experiment 1). I focussed in particular on how detailed aspects of language production, such as the length of object
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