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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2024.20
The Role of Gaze and the Semantics of Demonstratives in Referent Selection (Short Paper)

Authors: Crystal H. Y. Chen, Lyn Tieu, and Ana T. Pérez-Leroux

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 315, 16th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2024)

Abstract
Demonstratives (this/that) situate objects in space with the aid of gestures and a proximal-distal contrast. However, it is unclear how these cues interact to aid the listener in referent selection. The current paper presents a referent selection task where listeners choose an object out of a group of objects based on a physical and verbal cue provided by a speaker. Results indicate that listeners are sensitive to a variety of cues, but only integrate the minimum amount of information necessary for referent selection, with physical cues being prioritized over the semantic contributions of the demonstrative.
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Crystal H. Y. Chen, Lyn Tieu, and Ana T. Pérez-Leroux. The Role of Gaze and the Semantics of Demonstratives in Referent Selection (Short Paper). In 16th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 315, pp. 20:1-20:8, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@InProceedings{chen_et_al:LIPIcs.COSIT.2024.20,
  author =	{Chen, Crystal H. Y. and Tieu, Lyn and P\'{e}rez-Leroux, Ana T.},
  title =	{{The Role of Gaze and the Semantics of Demonstratives in Referent Selection}},
  booktitle =	{16th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2024)},
  pages =	{20:1--20:8},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-330-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{315},
  editor =	{Adams, Benjamin and Griffin, Amy L. and Scheider, Simon and McKenzie, Grant},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2024.20},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-208352},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2024.20},
  annote =	{Keywords: Demonstratives, spatial language, proximal-distal contrast, referent distance, joint attention coordination, gesture, deixis, referent selection, experimental semantics}
}
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