Computational modelling of structural priming in dialogue

  • Authors:
  • David Reitter;Frank Keller;Johanna D. Moore

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom;University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom;University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • NAACL-Short '06 Proceedings of the Human Language Technology Conference of the NAACL, Companion Volume: Short Papers
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Syntactic priming effects, modelled as increase in repetition probability shortly after a use of a syntactic rule, have the potential to improve language processing components. We model priming of syntactic rules in annotated corpora of spoken dialogue, extending previous work that was confined to selected constructions. We find that speakers are more receptive to priming from their interlocutor in task-oriented dialogue than in spona-neous conversation. Low-frequency rules are more likely to show priming.