{"pk":21492,"title":"Shared context and lexical alignment: an experimental investigation","subtitle":null,"abstract":"What drives lexical alignment in the context of language emergence? We test the theory that limited context promotes alignment, because individuals cannot make use of iconic mappings between shared meanings and forms. Using a novel referential communication paradigm where participants use pre-recorded gesture videos to communicate, we test different context conditions. We find, unexpectedly, no alignment differences between dyads with shared context and dyads with limited context, even though the former have fewer communicative errors. Importantly, we do observe differences when it comes to the iconic strategies used: less shared context promotes the use of (shared) visual iconicity.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"Linguistics; Complex systems; Language learning; Language Production; Learning; Computer-based experiment; Gesture analysis"}],"section":"Papers with Oral Presentation","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3ct5t03n","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Katie","middle_name":"","last_name":"Mudd","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Amsterdam","department":""},{"first_name":"Marieke","middle_name":"","last_name":"Schouwstra","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Amsterdam","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2024-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/21492/galley/11091/download/"},{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/21492/galley/21937/download/"}]}