Towards a neural basis of interactive alignment in conversation

The interactive-alignment account of dialogue proposes that interlocutors achieve conversational success by aligning their understanding of the situation under discussion. Such alignment occurs because they prime each other at different levels of representation (e.g., phonology, syntax, semantics),...

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Main Authors: Laura eMenenti, Simon C. Garrod, Martin John Pickering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00185/full