Using prosody to avoid ambiguity: effects of speaker awareness and referential context

Article Abstract:

It is suggested that a speaker's knowledge of the referential situation affects his/her usage of prosody to provide alternate meaning in an ambiguous utterance. The experiments undertaken indicate that informative prosodic cues are dependent on the speaker's awareness of the situation and that both the speakers and the listeners use prosodic cues as and when needed.

Influence, Prosodic analysis (Linguistics), Parsing, Ambiguity

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The persistence of optional complementizer production: why saying "that" is not saying "that" at all

Article Abstract:

The processing mechanisms that determine the forms of spoken sentences were studied using a recall based sentence production task. The results generalized the structural persistence effect to the sentence-complement structure suggesting that it reflects the operation of lexically independent syntactic processes.

Psycholinguistics, Syntax

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Effects of visibility between speaker and listener on gesture production: some gestures are meant to be seen

Article Abstract:

Issues concerning gestures as a form of communication are examined, focusing on how speakers use gestures to reach an audience. Topics include gestures that do and do not convey semantic content, and the use of an animated cartoon to test listener's response when gestures were and were not visible.

Statistical Data Included, Research, Analysis, Communication, Communications, Visual communication, Linguistic research

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