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DESCRIPTION:Imperatives present a classic form-function mismatch in langu
 age since the same imperative utterance can be interpreted as a command\
 , plea\, permission\, advice\, or other speech act\, while similar commu
 nicative functions can also be expressed through a range of grammatical 
 constructions. A central challenge for linguistic theory is therefore to
  explain how speakers signal and hearers recognise the intended illocuti
 onary force of an utterance when grammatical form alone does not uniquel
 y determine interpretation. Recent research on sign languages suggests t
 hat imperative-related meanings may be associated with systematic combin
 ations of manual and non-manual markers rather than sentence type alone.
  The present project investigates whether spoken-language communication 
 likewise relies on multimodal cues in the production and recognition of 
 imperative-related speech acts\, without assuming that such cues have th
 e same linguistic status or degree of conventionalisation as the markers
  described for sign languages. \nThe project combines a production study
  and a comprehension study to examine how commands\, pleas\, permissions
 \, and advice are signalled and interpreted in spoken interaction. Parti
 cipants will produce speech acts in controlled scenarios\, allowing the 
 analysis of linguistic form\, prosody\, gesture\, facial expression\, ga
 ze\, and posture. The resulting recordings will then be used in percepti
 on experiments investigating which cues listeners rely on when identifyi
 ng intended force and how different sources of information contribute to
  interpretation. By linking speech-act theory\, multimodal communication
  research\, and insights from sign language linguistics\, the project ai
 ms to determine the interaction of linguistic cues\, context\, prosody\,
  facial expression\, and gesture in the marking and recognition of illoc
 utionary force.
URL:https://talks.stuts.de/en/stuts80/public/events/1562
SUMMARY:Multimodal Cues in the Interpretation of Imperative Speech Acts
ORGANIZER:stuts80
LOCATION:stuts80 - S 85 
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