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Using language: Communicative acts

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The article was published on 1996-01-01. It has received 2737 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Communicative language teaching & Comprehension approach.

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Echo answers in native/non-native interaction

Jan Svennevig
- 01 Jan 2003 - 
TL;DR: An echo answer is an answer that repeats elements of the question as discussed by the authors, and it occurs after yes/noquestions and statements about B-events, and it may occur alone or with an initial or final response word and these different response formats are shown to index the relative epistemic authority of the interlocutors.
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A procedure for studying online conversational processing using a chat bot.

TL;DR: A conversational bot (computer program designed to mimic human communication) with which participants can chat in a format similar to instant messaging, which allows for the recording of comprehension speed and it can be interfaced with secondary tasks in order to examine online conversational processing.
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Comprehension and engagement in survey interviews with virtual agents

TL;DR: The pattern of results suggests that a virtual agent's dialog capability and facial animation differently affect survey respondents' experience of interviews, behavioral displays, and comprehension, and thus the accuracy of their responses.
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Conversational Flow Promotes Solidarity

TL;DR: It is proposed that the degree to which conversations flow smoothly or not is, of itself, a cue to solidarity, and concluded that the form of social interaction is a powerful cue for inferring group solidarity.
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Towards Conceptual Convergence: An Examination of Interpersonal Adaptation

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the prominent theories of adaptation in communication and psychology in view of understanding the nature of adaptive processes and of achieving conceptual clarity is presented and a set of criteria is developed and used to distinguish between adaptive processes.