Reference frame selection and representation in dialogue and monologue
This thesis is an investigation into the use and representation of reference frames. A reference frame is an axial co-ordinate system that is represented by the setting of at least four parameters: origin, orientation, direction and scale (Logan & Sadler, 1996). The reference frame parses space into different regions around an object (<i>reference object</i>) so that the location of other objects (<i>figure objects</i>) can be described in relation to the reference object. There are at least three different types of reference frame recognised in the literature (e.g. Levinson, 2003; Logan & Sadler, 1996; Miller & Johnson-Laird, 1976): the absolute reference frame, based upon directional features of the environment (e.g. gravity), the intrinsic reference frame, based upon the intrinsic direction of the reference object, and the relative reference frame, based upon the intrinsic sides of a viewer. This thesis is split into three separate sections each investigating how it is that reference frames are employed to allow us to describe the location of objects. The first section investigates the use of reference frames in dialogue. There has been little work investigating how interlocutors communicate object location
Watson, Matthew E.
Reference frame selection and representation in dialogue and monologue. This thesis is an investigation into the use and representation of reference frames. A reference frame is an axial co-ordinate system that is represented by the setting of at least four parameters: origin, orientation, direction and scale (Logan & Sadler, 1996). The reference frame parses space into different regions around an object (<i>reference object</i>) so that the location of other objects (<i>figure objects</i>) can be described in relation to the reference object. There are at least three different types of reference frame recognised in the literature (e.g. Levinson, 2003; Logan & Sadler, 1996; Miller & Johnson-Laird, 1976): the absolute reference frame, based upon directional features of the environment (e.g. gravity), the intrinsic reference frame, based upon the intrinsic direction of the reference object, and the relative reference frame, based upon the intrinsic sides of a viewer. This thesis is split into three separate sections each investigating how it is that reference frames are employed to allow us to describe the location of objects. The first section investigates the use of reference frames in dialogue. There has been little work investigating how interlocutors communicate object location
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