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7 - Alignment of Dialogue Models

from Part II - Alignment during Dialogue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2021

Martin J. Pickering  and
Simon Garrod
Martin J. Pickering
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh
Simon Garrod
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Summary

The chapter shows how interlocutors achieve alignment of dialogue models -- that is, both situation models and dialogue game models. Such alignment is the basis of successful dialogue. We discuss the importance of co-reference for alignment of situation models. We then consider the role of meta-representation of aiignment in dialogue and how this controls what people choose to say next. We consider the relationship between focal alignment of dialogue models and what is in the shared workspace. Finally, we discuss the relationship between alignment and common ground.

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situation modelsdialogue game modelsreferencefocal alignmentglobal alignmentmeta-representation of alignmentcommon ground
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Understanding Dialogue
Language Use and Social Interaction
 , pp. 134 - 166
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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