TY - CHAP
T1 - Joint language production and the representation of other speakers' utterances
AU - Gambi, Chiara
AU - Pickering, Martin J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 selection and editorial matter, Robert J. Hartsuiker and Kristof Strijkers; individual chapters, the contributors.
PY - 2023/3/16
Y1 - 2023/3/16
N2 - Joint language production is the study of the mechanisms involved in producing language jointly with another real or assumed speaker. We review work in this area from the last decade. We specifically highlight how comparisons between the production of language in joint versus individual tasks have begun to uncover when and how speakers engage in co-representation of others’ utterances. We conclude that this growing body of experimental work shows that the process of producing language is susceptible to influence from representations of others’ utterances (whether real or assumed). There is also good evidence that co-representation makes use of language production mechanisms, but typically stops short of engaging in detailed simulation of what another person is saying. We also identify key open questions and suggest that future work should systematically investigate which factors influence the flexible use of simulation-based mechanisms (e.g., nature of the communicative context, partner's identity, cognitive load) to further our understanding of how speaking jointly differs from speaking in isolation.
AB - Joint language production is the study of the mechanisms involved in producing language jointly with another real or assumed speaker. We review work in this area from the last decade. We specifically highlight how comparisons between the production of language in joint versus individual tasks have begun to uncover when and how speakers engage in co-representation of others’ utterances. We conclude that this growing body of experimental work shows that the process of producing language is susceptible to influence from representations of others’ utterances (whether real or assumed). There is also good evidence that co-representation makes use of language production mechanisms, but typically stops short of engaging in detailed simulation of what another person is saying. We also identify key open questions and suggest that future work should systematically investigate which factors influence the flexible use of simulation-based mechanisms (e.g., nature of the communicative context, partner's identity, cognitive load) to further our understanding of how speaking jointly differs from speaking in isolation.
UR - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003145790-13/joint-language-production-representation-speakers-utterances-chiara-gambi-martin-pickering?context=ubx&refId=dd1d86a0-915c-492b-8167-efc52f02f00b
U2 - 10.4324/9781003145790-13
DO - 10.4324/9781003145790-13
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SP - 304
EP - 321
BT - Language Production
A2 - Hartsuiker, Robert J.
A2 - Strijkers, Kristof
PB - Routledge
CY - London
ER -