For the same course which I am writing this blog we had to interview a professor of the university. Therefore, we have interviewed professor Email Krahmer. He currently works with this team on the Vici project, which studies human speech production, combining computational modeling and empirical studies. The aim of the project is referring expressions, they try to bridge the gap between psycholinguistics and computational linguistics. The project is an initiative of the Tilburg University and the NOW (Nederalndse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek).
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Consider this simple scene to the right and suppose you want to point one of these persons to an addressee.
There are many ways in which you could do this, but most speakers have no difficulty in quickly deciding which information to include and how to realize this information verbally and non-verbally via referring expressions like “the man in a suit,” “the woman” and “the younger-looking man”. How do speakers do this?
If you are interested in the answer, you must definitely watch the interview with Emiel Krahmer.
If you are interested in more information about the Vici project, you can visit the project website.
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