The body's natural defences against communicative disease

Abstract:

We investigate listener gestures to speaker’s speech during clarification sequences; a situation in which problems with mutual-understanding are especially manifest. Specifically, we test the prediction that listeners should make extra use of embodied resources to aid speakers during these clarification sequences.

Research areas:

• Dialogue
• Repair
• Gesture

Year:

2015

Type of Publication:

In Proceedings

Book title:

Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) workshop on language in context: an ecological turn to embodied language