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Orita, Naho; Vornov, Eliana; Feldman, Naomi H. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
This study formalizes and compares two major hypotheses in speakers' choices of referring expressions: the topicality model that chooses a form based on the topicality of the referent, and the rational model that chooses a form based on the informativity of the form and its speech cost. Simulations suggest that both the topicality of the referent…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Speech Communication, Preferences, Form Classes (Languages)
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Kaneyasu, Michiko – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
Conversational interactants rely on each other to cooperate with ongoing actions and activities both structurally (alignment) and affectively (affiliation). They monitor one another's cooperative behaviors to detect any (potential) problems in alignment and affiliation. The present study describes one interactional strategy Japanese speakers use…
Descriptors: Japanese, Interpersonal Communication, Epistemology, Discourse Analysis
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Wang, Yiwei; McGlone, Matthew S. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
When apologizing to victims of transgressions, people may assign the agency for harm to themselves ("I'm sorry I offended you"), to the act ("I'm sorry it offended you"), or omit agency altogether ("I'm sorry you were offended"). They also may acknowledge or question the victim's harm by the choice of conjunction used…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Interpersonal Communication, Language Usage, Discourse Analysis
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Trott, Sean; Bergen, Benjamin – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2019
People often speak ambiguously, as in the case of "indirect requests." Certain indirect requests are conventional and thus straightforward to interpret, such as "Can you turn on the heater?", but others require substantial additional inference, such as "It's cold in here." How do comprehenders make inferences about a…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Speech Acts, Discourse Analysis, Intention
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Mauchand, Maël; Vergis, Nikos; Pell, Marc D. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
In spoken discourse, understanding irony requires the apprehension of subtle cues, such as the speaker's tone of voice (prosody), which often reveal the speaker's affective stance toward the listener in the context of the utterance. To shed light on the interplay of linguistic content and prosody on impressions of spoken criticisms and compliments…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Cues
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Maes, Alfons; Arts, Anja; Noordman, Leo – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
This article investigates the effect of 2 language-in-use factors on the introduction and maintenance of referents in instructive discourse. These factors, implemented as conditions in an instructive production task, were the assumed visual identity for the reader of the objects or referents to be referred to in the instructions (visually same vs.…
Descriptors: Identification, Speech Acts, Reading Comprehension, Discourse Modes