Abstract
Demonstratives (this/that) situate objects in space with the aid of gestures and a proximal-distal contrast. However, it is unclear how these cues interact to aid the listener in referent selection. The current paper presents a referent selection task where listeners choose an object out of a group of objects based on a physical and verbal cue provided by a speaker. Results indicate that listeners are sensitive to a variety of cues, but only integrate the minimum amount of information necessary for referent selection, with physical cues being prioritized over the semantic contributions of the demonstrative.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 16th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory: COSIT 2024, September 17–20, 2024, Québec City, Canada |
| Editors | Benjamin Adams, Amy L. Griffin, Simon Scheider, Grant McKenzie |
| Place of Publication | Germany |
| Publisher | Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik GmbH |
| Pages | 20:1–20:8 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783959773300 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2024 |
| Event | International Conference on Spatial Information Theory - Québec, Canada Duration: 17 Sept 2024 → 20 Sept 2024 Conference number: 16th |
Publication series
| Name | Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs |
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| Volume | 315 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1868-8969 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Spatial Information Theory |
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| Abbreviated title | COSIT |
| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Québec |
| Period | 17/09/24 → 20/09/24 |
Keywords
- deixis
- Demonstratives
- experimental semantics
- gesture
- joint attention coordination
- proximal-distal contrast
- referent distance
- referent selection
- spatial language
- Gesture recognition
- Deixis
- Demonstrative
- Experimental semantic
- Gesture
- Joint attention
- Joint attention coordination
- Proximal-distal contrast
- Referent distance
- Referent selection
- Spatial language
- Semantics