Modeling common ground

Projekt: Forschung

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Beschreibung

Language is inherently ambiguous. The meaning of words and sentences depends on the identity of the communicative partners and the nature of the context. In simple behavioral experiments children and adults can use a wide variety of social-contextual cues (jointly known as “common ground”) to interpret ambiguous utterances. But this limited empirical evidence – especially in the developmental context – does not live up to the theoretical importance of common ground: In theory, common ground is not only involved in online language use but it is also a necessary prerequisite to learn language in the first place. Studying the development of children’s ability to form and use common ground is therefore crucial to understand the psychological foundation of language. It is still unknown how both adults and children integrate different social-contextual cues in complex, naturalistic interactions. Bayesian modeling provides a mathematical framework for formalizing theoretical assumptions about this interaction and deriving quantitative predictions about new experimental situations.
This project will unite developmental and computational approaches. The key objective is to find out what constitutes common ground at different ages and how it informs language learning across development. I will develop mathematical models and behavioral experiments in parallel to obtain quantitative predictions for different forms of interactions between social-contextual cues. By comparing these predictions to data from early children’s word learning at different stages of development, I will be able to empirically evaluate the theoretical importance of the different components of common ground. The interdisciplinary focus of the project at the intersection of psychology, linguistics and computer science will open up new avenues for the empirical study of language use and language learning.

Funded by the European Commission CORDIS Horizon 2020 EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
DOI: 10.3030/749229
StatusAbgeschlossen
Zeitraum11.09.1710.09.20

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  1. Co-supervisor of the dissertation "Diversity and functions of plant-insect interactions along a forest retention gradient"
  2. Postervortrag: The energy transition as a context for secondary science education
  3. Did we take the spatial turn? Tracing organizational space from paperwork to digitalization
  4. A vehicle-crew-scheduling-and-rostering approach for improving driver satisfaction in public bus transport
  5. Global Knowledge Hubs
  6. Inside the Writers’ Room: Theorizing Relationality in Creative Collaboration
  7. Workshop „Different Worlds of Political Party Development. Comparative Analysis of the Institutionalization of Political Parties“
  8. EURISY: Models of Governance of National Space Activities in the Evolving European Framework 2009
  9. 5th European Conference of Apidology - EurBee 2012
  10. Chartered Institute of Arbitration (Externe Organisation)
  11. Briefing Note: "Understanding Societal Development and Moral Progress: The Contribution of the World Values Surveys"
  12. Bsc-Thesis: Insect herbivory in a tree diversity experiment
  13. Friction hysteresis compensation using phase correction of periodic trajectories
  14. Applied Vegetation Science (Zeitschrift)
  15. Describing consumer competence: A transdisciplinary approach
  16. The Impact of Television Program on Individual Action for Climate Protection regarding Adolescents in Germany
  17. The EU’s Governance Transfer. From External Promotion to Internal Protection?
  18. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisation)
  19. Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - AAAS 2012
  20. Linking stakeholder participation and environmental outcomes: In search of evidence
  21. Gutachten Tenure Track
  22. Internationale Konferenz: End of Messages? The State of the Dialogue between History and Sociology - 2009
  23. Arbeiten und Leben in Uelzen
  24. DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation) (Organisation)
  25. Global Studies Quarterly (Fachzeitschrift)
  26. BISE (Business & Information System Engineering) (Zeitschrift)