Looking at a contrast object before speaking boosts referential informativeness, but is not essential.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2017.06.001
Abstract: Variation in referential form has traditionally been accounted for by theoretical frameworks focusing on linguistic and discourse features. Despite the explosion of interest in eye tracking methods in psycholinguistics, the role of visual scanning behaviour… read more here.
Keywords: contrast object; referring expressions; contrast; looking contrast ... See more keywords
Semantic as well as referential relevance facilitates the processing of referring expressions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2021.03.024
Abstract: Abstract A range of studies investigating how overspecified referring expressions (e.g., the stripy cup to describe a single cup) affect referent identification have found it to slow identification, speed it up, or yield no effect… read more here.
Keywords: semantic well; well referential; referential relevance; relevance ... See more keywords
Effects of Priming and Audience Design on the Explicitness of Referring Expressions: Evidence From a Confederate Priming Paradigm
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DOI: 10.1080/0163853x.2020.1802192
Abstract: ABSTRACT In formulating a referring expression, speakers may choose between an explicit expression (such as a proper name or a noun phrase) or a reduced form such as a pronoun. We investigated whether speakers are… read more here.
Keywords: partner; referring expressions; effects priming; design explicitness ... See more keywords
Informativity, topicality, and speech cost: comparing models of speakers’ choices of referring expressions
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DOI: 10.1080/0163853x.2021.1878449
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study formalizes and compares two major hypotheses in speakers’ choices of referring expressions: the topicality model that chooses a form based on the topicality of the referent, and the rational model that chooses… read more here.
Keywords: speakers choices; referring expressions; speech cost; topicality ... See more keywords
Relationship-Embedded Representation Learning for Grounding Referring Expressions
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DOI: 10.1109/tpami.2020.2973983
Abstract: Grounding referring expressions in images aims to locate the object instance in an image described by a referring expression. It involves a joint understanding of natural language and image content, and is essential for a… read more here.
Keywords: relationship; image; information; referring expressions ... See more keywords
EXPRESS: The Production of Referring Expressions is Influenced by the Likelihood of Next Mention.
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DOI: 10.1177/17470218231157268
Abstract: The present study provides converging evidence across three next-mention biases that likelihood of coreference influences the choice of referring expression: Implicit Causality (IC), the goal bias of Transfer-of-Possession verbs, and Implicit Consequentiality. A pilot study… read more here.
Keywords: express production; referring expressions; mention; next mention ... See more keywords