34.3630, FYI: Online DiscoMatiX meeting 6 Dec 2023 at 16:00 CET: Vera Demberg on pragmatic processing

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Subject: 34.3630, FYI: Online DiscoMatiX meeting 6 Dec 2023 at 16:00 CET: Vera Demberg on pragmatic processing

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Date: 01-Dec-2023
From: Clare Patterson [cpatters at uni-koeln.de]
Subject: Online DiscoMatiX meeting 6 Dec 2023 at 16:00 CET: Vera Demberg on pragmatic processing


Please join us on 6 Dec 23 at 16:00 CET on Zoom for the final
DiscoMatiX meeting in our Autumn Series! Vera Demberg (Saarland
University) will give a short talk entitled “Combining experimental
work with computational modelling to better understand pragmatic
processing” (abstract below).  The talk will be followed by a 20
minute discussion. To join the meeting, please send an email to
discomatix.group at gmail.com and we will send you the Zoom link.

DiscoMatiX is a newly established interest group for anyone interested
in Discourse and pragMatics using eXperimental approaches, with the
aim of exchanging ideas to critically assess theoretical frameworks
and share best practice for experimental work. You can find further
information on our website: https://discomatix.github.io

Abstract: In this talk, I will argue that complementing experimental
research with computational modelling can be highly beneficial for
developing a deeper understanding of pragmatic processing in humans. I
will illustrate this claim with an example from current research at
our lab, where we investigated how comprehenders adapt to
speaker-specific use of uncertainty expressions (e.g., one speaker
uses the word “probably” rather generously in situations where the
probability of the event is not all that high, vs. another speaker who
uses the word “probably” more cautiously). Specifically, we were
interested in individual differences between study participants with
respect to how strongly they adapt their expectations /
interpretations to how they have experienced the two speakers use
uncertainty expressions like “probably”. We examined how any
differences in adaptation are related to individual differences
between participants (working memory updating, reasoning ability,
linguistic experience, theory of mind abilities). In the experiment we
found a correlation between adaptation strength and abilities in terms
of working memory updating as measured by the keep track task. I will
discuss our efforts in constructing a computational model of this
effect, and what additional questions this exercise brought up.

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Computational Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Pragmatics
                     Psycholinguistics




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