Moving together : the organisation of non-verbal cues during multiparty conversation
Conversation is a collaborative activity. In face-to-face interactions interlocutors have mutual access to a shared space. This thesis aims to explore the shared space as a resource for coordinating conversation. As well demonstrated in studies of two-person conversations, interlocutors can coordinate their speech and non-verbal behaviour in ways that manage the unfolding conversation. However, when scaling up from two people to three people interacting, the coordination challenges that the interlocutors face increase. In particular speakers must manage multiple listeners. This thesis examines the use of interlocutorsâ bodies in shared space to coordinate their multiparty dialogue. The approach exploits corpora of motion captured triadic interactions. The thesis first explores how interlocutors coordinate their speech and non-verbal behaviour. Inter-person relationships are examined and compared with artificially created triples who did not interact. Results demonstrate that interlocutors avoid speaking and gesturing over each other, but tend to nod together. Evidence is presented that the two recipients of an utterance have different patterns of head and hand movement, and that some of the regularities
Battersby, Stuart Adam
Computer Science
Moving together : the organisation of non-verbal cues during multiparty conversation. Conversation is a collaborative activity. In face-to-face interactions interlocutors have mutual access to a shared space. This thesis aims to explore the shared space as a resource for coordinating conversation. As well demonstrated in studies of two-person conversations, interlocutors can coordinate their speech and non-verbal behaviour in ways that manage the unfolding conversation. However, when scaling up from two people to three people interacting, the coordination challenges that the interlocutors face increase. In particular speakers must manage multiple listeners. This thesis examines the use of interlocutorsâ bodies in shared space to coordinate their multiparty dialogue. The approach exploits corpora of motion captured triadic interactions. The thesis first explores how interlocutors coordinate their speech and non-verbal behaviour. Inter-person relationships are examined and compared with artificially created triples who did not interact. Results demonstrate that interlocutors avoid speaking and gesturing over each other, but tend to nod together. Evidence is presented that the two recipients of an utterance have different patterns of head and hand movement, and that some of the regularities
moving together organisation non_verbal cue conversation conversation collaborative activity face_to_face interaction interlocutor mutual access share space aim_explore share space resource coordinate conversation well demonstrated study person conversation interlocutor coordinate speech non_verbal behaviour way manage unfolding conversation however scale people people_interact coordination challenge interlocutor face increase particular speaker must manage multiple listener examines use interlocutor body share space coordinate dialogue exploit corpora motion capture triadic interaction first_explore interlocutor coordinate speech non_verbal behaviour inter person relationship examine compare artificially create triple interact interlocutor avoid speak tend nod together evidence_present recipient utterance different_pattern head hand movement regularity