Processes of segmentation and linearization in describing events

Habel, Christopher; Tappe, Heike

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“…For verbalization this hierarchical structure may be traversed at different levels whereby a verbalization of elements at the lowest level corresponds to adhering to the sequence of elements as they appear in temporal order. The verbalization on higher levels of the hierarchy, however, leaves certain elements unmentioned (Habel & Tappe, 1999). In this sense the route instructors are confronted with the central conceptualisation task during language production, namely to detect a natural order in the to be described structure and to employ it for verbalization.…”

Section: Route Directions and Spatial Chunkingmentioning

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“…However, there are other factors, that influence conceptualization, selection of information and linearization (cf. e.g., Habel & Tappe, 1999). The content of a route direction might also be dependent of factors like the information offered, the time limit (Wahlster et al, 1998), and the salience of map objects and of the depicted real world objects (cf.…”

Section: Spatial Chunking and Route Instructions From A Map: Externalmentioning

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Pictorial Representations of Routes: Chunking Route Segments during Comprehension

Klippel

Tappe

Habel

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. Route directions are usually conveyed either by graphical means, i.e. by illustrating the route in a map or drawing a sketch-maps or, linguistically by giving spoken or written route instructions, or by combining both kinds of external representations. In most cases route directions are given in advance, i.e. prior to the actual traveling. But they may also be communicated quasisimultaneously to the movement along the route, for example, in the case of incar navigation systems. We dub this latter kind accompanying route directions. Accompanying route direction may be communicated in a dialogue, i.e. with hearer feedback, or, in a monologue, i.e. without hearer feedback. In this article we focus on accompanying route directions without hearer feedback. We start with theoretical considerations from spatial cognition research about the interaction between internal and external representations interconnecting linguistic aspects of verbal route directions with findings from cognitive psychology on route knowledge. In particular we are interested in whether speakers merge elementary route segments into higher order chunks in accompanying route directions. This process, which we identify as spatial chunking, is subsequently investigated in a case study. We have speakers produce accompanying route directions without hearer feedback on the basis of a route that is presented in a spatially veridical map. We vary presentation mode of the route: In the static mode the route in presented as a discrete line, in the dynamic mode, it is presented as a moving dot. Similarities across presentation modes suggest overall organization principles for route directions, which are both independent of the type of route direction-in advance versus accompanying-and of presentation mode-static versus dynamic. We conclude that spatial chunking is a robust and efficient conceptual process that is partly independent of preplanning.

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Section: Route Directions and Spatial Chunkingmentioning

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Section: Spatial Chunking and Route Instructions From A Map: Externalmentioning

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Pictorial Representations of Routes: Chunking Route Segments during Comprehension

Klippel

Tappe

Habel

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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“…From an information processing perspective (Habel and Tappe 1999), message preparation starts by transferring mental representations of states of affairs to the level of propositional representations. In the second stage, propositional representations are linguistically encoded and transformed into grammatical constructions.…”

Section: Event Conceptualisation and Linearizationmentioning

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Event linearization in advanced L2 user discourse

Vanek

2013

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Within the functionalist approach to SLA, this study examines the interaction of event linearization patterns in L2 with the ways temporal information is typically structured in learners' source and target languages. Specifically, film verbalisations and picture descriptions by Czech and Hungarian advanced learners of English were elicited to test learners' susceptibility to restructure linearization principles in the target language. Another aim was to test whether linearization patterns within groups interrelate with L1-L2 contrasts in temporal structuring. Analyses of non-chronological order construction frequencies and of their preferred distribution across linguistic forms showed a pronounced effect of L1-specific linearization patterns on advanced learner production; and a close interrelation of event ordering preferences with L1-driven structuring patterns. These findings suggest that the process of event linearization in L2 largely rests on L1 fundaments, and that persisting L1 principles can lead to significant digressions from target-like performance even in highly advanced learner varieties. IntroductionExpressing situations in a natural language generally excludes the possibility to communicate multiple information units (including entities, properties, predicates, time spans and also whole clauses) at the same time. Speech, writing and signing necessarily involve decisions about the order of units for expression, i.e. about linearization. By linearizing units such as propositions in a particular order, the speaker can prominently influence the implicatures the listener will draw (consider for instance he took up gambling and got fired versus he got fired and EUROSLA Yearbook 13 (2013), 47-80. doi 10.1075/eurosla.13.05van issn 1568-1491/e-issn 1569-9749 © John Benjamins Publishing Company 48 Norbert Vanek took up gambling). It follows that the higher the situation's complexity, the wider the scope for potential ordering configurations. Linearization thus requires careful planning to invoke desired inferences.Verbalisation of event structures, especially of complex events, involves frequent presentation of information units in a sequence that does not mirror the chronological order of their occurrence. Non-sequentiality is a linearization choice alternative to the principle of natural order (PNO), i.e. "arranging information for expression according to the natural order of events" (Levelt 1989: 138). Levelt suggests that natural order is the unmarked choice for linearization and sees digressions from PNO as artificial orders for producing special effects. As for digressions from PNO, Levinson (2000) emphasises that there are situations that necessitate interpretation of a reversed sequence. One such case is when the most salient event from a sequence gets mentioned first as a result of topicalisation (e.g. as in the team lost and they played really well). Another case is when a sequential order invokes simultaneous reading (e.g. as in the audience applauded and the singer returned on the stage). As fo...

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“…According to Habel & Tappe (1999) the function of the conceptualizer can be subdivided into the following processes: segmentation & grouping, structuring, selection, and linearization. The first process operates on the (perceptual) input that is segmented into meaningful basic units (segmentation), and--if possible--two or more of these units are grouped together to form more complex entities (grouping).…”

Section: Conceptualizing Eventsmentioning

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“…pyre-generation The first process comprises the processes segmentation & grouping as well as structuring of Habel & Tappe (1999), apart from the segmentations that are already done in. the pre-processing or, more generally:~the.,spatial~arrmngement,of the world and information about objects in it.…”

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Incremental event conceptualization and natural language generation in monitoring environments

Guhe

Habel

Tappe

2000

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Natural Language Generation - INLG '00

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In this paper we present a psycholinguistically motivated architecture and its prototypical implementation for an incremental conceptualizer, which monitors dynamic changes in the world and simultaneously generates warnings for (possibly) safety-critical developments. It does so by conceptualizing events and building up a hierarchical knowledge representation of the perceived states of affairs. If it detects a safety problem, it selects suitable elements from the representation for a warning, brings them into an appropriate order, and generates incremental preverbal messages (propositional structures) from them, which can be taken by a subsequent component to encode them linguistically.

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Processes of segmentation and linearization in describing events

Cited by 18 publications

References 17 publications

Pictorial Representations of Routes: Chunking Route Segments during Comprehension

Pictorial Representations of Routes: Chunking Route Segments during Comprehension

Event linearization in advanced L2 user discourse

Incremental event conceptualization and natural language generation in monitoring environments

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