Language processing in the natural world

The authors argue that a more complete understanding of how people produce and comprehend language will require investigating real-time spoken-language processing in natural tasks, including those that require goal-oriented unscripted conversation. One promising methodology for such studies is monit...

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Published in:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences 2008-03, Vol.363 (1493), p.1105-1122
Main Authors: Tanenhaus, Michael K., Brown-Schmidt, Sarah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustics
Cognition
Conversation
Eggs
Eye Movements
Humans
Language
Language Comprehension
Legal objections
Linguistics
Parsing
Pitch Perception - physiology
Referents
Speech discrimination
Speech Perception
Speech Perception - physiology
Spoken Word Recognition
Words
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Summary:The authors argue that a more complete understanding of how people produce and comprehend language will require investigating real-time spoken-language processing in natural tasks, including those that require goal-oriented unscripted conversation. One promising methodology for such studies is monitoring eye movements as speakers and listeners perform natural tasks. Three lines of research that adopt this approach are reviewed: (i) spoken word recognition in continuous speech, (ii) reference resolution in real-world contexts, and (iii) real-time language processing in interactive conversation. In each domain, results emerge that provide insights which would otherwise be difficult to obtain. These results extend and, in some cases, challenge standard assumptions about language processing.
ISSN:0962-8436
1471-2970
DOI:10.1098/rstb.2007.2162