What is the proper unit of analysis in the psycholinguistics of dialog? While classical
approaches are largely based on models of individual linguistic processing, recent …

Sharing a public language facilitates particularly efficient forms of joint perception and action
by giving interlocutors refined tools for directing attention and aligning conceptual models …

We describe a “centipede's dilemma” that faces the sciences of human interaction. Research
on human interaction has been involved in extensive theoretical debate, although the vast …

The human capacity for abstraction is remarkable. We effortlessly form abstract
representations from varied experiences, generalizing and flexibly transferring experiences …

What causes cultural groups to favour specific conventions over others? Recently, it has
been suggested that cross-linguistic variation can be motivated by factors of the wider non …

People give feedback in conversation: both positive signals of understanding, such as nods,
and negative signals of misunderstanding, such as frowns. How do signals of understanding …

Dialogue is tightly interwoven within everyday joint activities that require moment-by-
moment coordination of utterances and actions. A common account of coordination is that it …

The emergence of shared symbol systems is considered to be a pivotal moment in human
evolution and human development. These changes are normally explained by reference to …

Feedback such as backchannels and clarification requests often occurs subsententially,
demonstrating the incremental nature of grounding in dialogue. However, although such …

How is linguistic communication possible? How do we come to share the same meanings of
words and utterances? One classical position holds that human beings share a …