@inproceedings{bde9915ddb824f83818d4aea28935fa0,
title = "The role of gaze and the semantics of demonstratives in referent selection",
abstract = "Demonstratives (this/that) situate objects in space with the aid of gestures and a proximal-distal contrast. However, it is unclear how these cues interact to aid the listener in referent selection. The current paper presents a referent selection task where listeners choose an object out of a group of objects based on a physical and verbal cue provided by a speaker. Results indicate that listeners are sensitive to a variety of cues, but only integrate the minimum amount of information necessary for referent selection, with physical cues being prioritized over the semantic contributions of the demonstrative.",
keywords = "deixis, Demonstratives, experimental semantics, gesture, joint attention coordination, proximal-distal contrast, referent distance, referent selection, spatial language",
author = "Chen, {Crystal H. Y.} and Lyn Tieu and P{\'e}rez-Leroux, {Ana T.}",
note = "Copyright the Author(s) 2024. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher. ; International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (16th : 2024), COSIT 2024 ; Conference date: 17-09-2024 Through 20-09-2024",
year = "2024",
month = sep,
day = "9",
doi = "10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2024.20",
language = "English",
series = "Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, LIPIcs",
publisher = "Dagstuhl Publishing",
pages = "1--8",
editor = "Benjamin Adams and Griffin, {Amy L.} and Simon Scheider and Grant McKenzie",
booktitle = "COSIT 2024",
address = "Germany",
}