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In this paper we report the results of a study to investigate the influence of conversational setting and cognitive load (as implemented by time pressure) on the introduction of new information in two-party spontaneous dialogues. We show that for a collaborative problem-solving task, The Map Task, cognitive load and conversational setting influenced the way interlocutors collaborated with one another when introducing objects into a discourse. Interlocutors used fewer question-form introductions followed by an informative response in a video-mediated conversational setting (compared with a face-to-face setting), and under time pressure (compared with no pressure of time). In contrast, speakers tended to articulate words referring to the same object more quickly on repetition irrespective of the conversational setting or the cognitive load associated with the task. The findings of this study are interpreted in terms of a dual-process account of speech production.
Author(s): Howarth B, Anderson AH
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Language and Cognitive Processes
Year: 2007
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Pages: 272-296
Print publication date: 01/01/2007
ISSN (print): 0169-0965
ISSN (electronic): 1464-0732
Publisher: Psychology Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01690960600632796
DOI: 10.1080/01690960600632796
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