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Resonance in dialogue : The interplay between intersubjective motivations and cognitive facilitation

Pöldvere, Nele LU ; Johansson, Victoria LU and Paradis, Carita LU orcid (2021) In Language and Cognition 13(4). p.643-669
Abstract
Dialogic resonance, when speakers reproduce constructions from prior turns, is a compelling type of coordination in everyday conversation. This study takes its starting point in resonance in stance-taking sequences with the aim to account for the interplay between intersubjective motivations and cognitive facilitation in resonance production. It analyzes stance-taking sequences in the London–Lund Corpus 2, determining (i) the type of stance alignment (agreement or disagreement), and (ii) the time lapse between the stance-taking turns. The main findings are, firstly, that resonance is more likely than non-resonance to be used by speakers who express disagreement than agreement, which we interpret as a mitigating function of resonance, and,... (More)
Dialogic resonance, when speakers reproduce constructions from prior turns, is a compelling type of coordination in everyday conversation. This study takes its starting point in resonance in stance-taking sequences with the aim to account for the interplay between intersubjective motivations and cognitive facilitation in resonance production. It analyzes stance-taking sequences in the London–Lund Corpus 2, determining (i) the type of stance alignment (agreement or disagreement), and (ii) the time lapse between the stance-taking turns. The main findings are, firstly, that resonance is more likely than non-resonance to be used by speakers who express disagreement than agreement, which we interpret as a mitigating function of resonance, and, secondly, that the turn transitions are faster in resonating sequences due to cognitive activation in the prior turn. We propose that the face-saving intersubjective motivation of resonance combines with its facilitating cognitive effect to promote appeasing communication. (Less)
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Stance-taking, Disagreement, Intersubjective alignment, Cognitive activation, Turn transitions, London–Lund Corpus 2
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Language and Cognition
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13
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4
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643 - 669
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Cambridge University Press
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1866-9859
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10.1017/langcog.2021.16
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The London-Lund Corpus 2 of spoken British English (LLC 2)
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English
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  abstract     = {{Dialogic resonance, when speakers reproduce constructions from prior turns, is a compelling type of coordination in everyday conversation. This study takes its starting point in resonance in stance-taking sequences with the aim to account for the interplay between intersubjective motivations and cognitive facilitation in resonance production. It analyzes stance-taking sequences in the London–Lund Corpus 2, determining (i) the type of stance alignment (agreement or disagreement), and (ii) the time lapse between the stance-taking turns. The main findings are, firstly, that resonance is more likely than non-resonance to be used by speakers who express disagreement than agreement, which we interpret as a mitigating function of resonance, and, secondly, that the turn transitions are faster in resonating sequences due to cognitive activation in the prior turn. We propose that the face-saving intersubjective motivation of resonance combines with its facilitating cognitive effect to promote appeasing communication.}},
  author       = {{Pöldvere, Nele and Johansson, Victoria and Paradis, Carita}},
  issn         = {{1866-9859}},
  keywords     = {{Stance-taking; Disagreement; Intersubjective alignment; Cognitive activation; Turn transitions; London–Lund Corpus 2}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{643--669}},
  publisher    = {{Cambridge University Press}},
  series       = {{Language and Cognition}},
  title        = {{Resonance in dialogue : The interplay between intersubjective motivations and cognitive facilitation}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2021.16}},
  doi          = {{10.1017/langcog.2021.16}},
  volume       = {{13}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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