Speaker emotion can affect ambiguity production

V. Kempe, Melissa Rookes, Laura Swarbrigg
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Abstract

Does speaker emotion affect degree of ambiguity in referring expressions? We used referential communication tasks preceded by mood induction to examine whether positive emotional valence may be linked to ambiguity of referring expressions. In Experiment 1, participants had to identify sequences of objects with homophonic labels (e.g., the animal bat, a baseball bat) for hypothetical addressees. This required modification of the homophones. Happy speakers were less likely to modify the second homophone to repair a temporary ambiguity (i.e., they were less likely to say … first cover the bat, then cover the baseball bat …). In Experiment 2, participants had to identify one of two identical objects in an object array, which required a modifying relative clause (the shark that's underneath the shoe). Happy speakers omitted the modifying relative clause twice as often as neutral speakers (e.g., by saying Put the shark underneath the sheep), thereby rendering the entire utterance ambiguous in the context of two sharks. The findings suggest that one consequence of positive mood appears to be more ambiguity in speech. This effect is hypothesised to be due to a less effortful processing style favouring an egocentric bias impacting perspective taking or monitoring of alignment of utterances with an addressee's perspective.
说话者的情绪会影响歧义的产生
说话者的情绪是否影响指称表达的歧义程度?本研究采用情绪诱导前的参照交际任务来考察积极情绪效价是否与参照表达的模糊性有关。在实验1中,参与者必须识别带有谐音标签的物体序列(例如,动物蝙蝠,棒球棒)作为假设的收件人。这需要修改同音异义字。快乐的说话者不太可能修改第二个同音字来修复暂时的歧义(例如,他们不太可能说……首先盖住球棒,然后盖住棒球棒……)。在实验2中,参与者必须在对象数组中识别两个相同对象中的一个,这需要一个修饰关系从句(在鞋子下面的鲨鱼)。快乐的说话者省略修饰关系从句的频率是中立的说话者的两倍(例如,说把鲨鱼放在羊下面),从而使整个话语在两条鲨鱼的上下文中变得模棱两可。研究结果表明,积极情绪的一个结果似乎是说话更加模棱两可。这种效应被认为是由于一种不那么费力的处理方式,有利于自我中心偏见,影响了观点的采取或监测话语与收信人观点的一致性。
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