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    "pk": 26983,
    "title": "A case for systematic sound symbolism in pragmatics:\nThe role of the first phoneme in question prediction in context",
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    "abstract": "Turn-taking in conversation is a cognitively demanding process\nthat proceeds rapidly due to interlocutors utilizing a range of cues\nto aid prediction. In the present study we set out to test recent\nclaims that content question words (also called wh-words) sound\nsimilar within languages as an adaptation to help listeners predict\nthat a question is about to be asked. We test whether upcoming\nquestions can be predicted based on the first phoneme of a turn and\nthe prior context. We analyze the Switchboard corpus of English\nby means of a decision tree to test whether /w/ and /h/ are good\nstatistical cues of upcoming questions in conversation. Based on\nthe results, we perform a controlled experiment to test whether\npeople really use these cues to recognize questions. In both studies\nwe show that both the initial phoneme and the sequential context\nhelp predict questions. This contributes converging evidence that\nelements of languages adapt to pragmatic pressures applied during\nconversation.",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
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        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "questions; wh-words; question words; turn-\ntaking; speech-act recognition; question prediction"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Talks: Papers",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5cb2k68j",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Anita",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Slonimska",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Radboud University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Seán",
            "middle_name": "G.",
            "last_name": "Roberts",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Bristol",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2017-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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}