Effects of task and visual context on referring expressions using natural scenes
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- dc.contributor.author Mädebach, Andreas
- dc.contributor.author Torubarova, Ekaterina
- dc.contributor.author Gualdoni, Eleonora
- dc.contributor.author Boleda, Gemma
- dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-14T07:16:38Z
- dc.date.available 2023-03-14T07:16:38Z
- dc.date.issued 2022
- dc.description.abstract We explore contextual adaptation of referring expressions with respect to referential ambiguity and communicative intention. We focus not only on whether people adapt, but also on how by contrasting lexical specification (e.g., “batter”) and syntactic modification (e.g., “man in white pants”) when discriminating between objects in natural scenes (e.g., a batter wearing white pants and a referee). There are three main results. First, we replicate that speakers adapt their expressions to avoid ambiguity. Second, communicative intention has an effect: participants tended to use more specific names in a discrimination task than in a descriptive task, even without referential ambiguity in the context. Third, when given the choice, participants tended to prefer more specific words over adding modification – that is, using lexical rather than syntactic means to resolve ambiguity. This suggests that it may be less demanding to increase informativity of referring expressions with lexical specification than syntactic modification.
- dc.description.sponsorship This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 715154) and the Spanish Research Agency (ref. PID2020-112602GB-I00).
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- dc.identifier.citation Mädebach A, Torubarova E, Gualdoni E, Boleda G. Effects of task and visual context on referring expressions using natural scenes. Proc Annu Conf Cogn Sci Soc. 2022;44:3188-94.
- dc.identifier.issn 1069-7977
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56218
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Cognitive Science Society
- dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. 2022;44:3188-94.
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/715154
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2020-112602GB-I00
- dc.rights ©2022 The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY).
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- dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- dc.subject.keyword object naming
- dc.subject.keyword referring expression
- dc.subject.keyword communication
- dc.subject.keyword context effects
- dc.title Effects of task and visual context on referring expressions using natural scenes
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