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One alignment mechanism or many?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2004

Arthur B. Markman*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, 1 University Station, A8000, Austin, TX78712http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/FACULTY/Markman/index.html
Kyungil Kim*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, 1 University Station, A8000, Austin, TX78712http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/FACULTY/Markman/index.html
Levi B. Larkey*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, 1 University Station, A8000, Austin, TX78712http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/FACULTY/Markman/index.html
Lisa Narvaez*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, 1 University Station, A8000, Austin, TX78712http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/FACULTY/Markman/index.html
C. Hunt Stilwell*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Texas, 1 University Station, A8000, Austin, TX78712http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/FACULTY/Markman/index.html

Abstract

Pickering & Garrod (P&G) suggest that communicators synchronize their processing at a number of linguistic levels. Whereas their explanation suggests that representations are being compared across individuals, there must be some representation of all conversation participants in each participant's head. At the level of the situation model, it is important to maintain separate representations for each participant. At other levels, it seems less crucial to have a separate representation for each participant. This analysis suggests that different mechanisms may synchronize representations at different linguistic levels.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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