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Head Gestures, Gaze and the Principles of Conversational Structure

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Much of the work on embodied conversational agents is concerned with building computational models of nonverbal behaviors that can generate the right behavior in the appropriate context. In this paper, we discuss, from a linguistic and a conversation theoretic point of view, how nonverbal behaviors in conversations work. We look particularly at gaze and head movements. These play a variety of functions in face-to-face interactions. We show how these functions are structured by general principles governing cooperative actions and symbolic communication.

Source: International Journal of Humanoid Robotics

DOI: 10.1142/s0219843606000746

Author: DIRK HEYLEN

Institution: University of Twente

Language: English

Topic: Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2166563286

FWCI: 36.91

Cites: 42

Cited by: 89

Related to: 10