Disfluency: The Cost of Attending to Listener Feedback?
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Previous disfluency studies have argued that disfluencies are strategic signals to a listener in times of difficulty (Clark & Wasow, 1998). Other research suggests that disfluencies are a possible indication of cognitive overload (Bard et al., 2000). Bard et al. (2003) demonstrate that interaction with a Follower could induce more difficulties for a speaker. The current paper tests these hypotheses by analysing eye-gaze and disfluencies, instances where communication goes awry, in 96 interactive Map Task dialogues, to determine whether there is a cognitive cost associated with interaction with a listener.
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