Full alignment of some but not all representations in dialogue.
I argue that alignment of linguistic representations and situation models in dialogue are qualitatively distinct. By virtue of the isomorphy between interlocutors' linguistic representations, interlocutors align their linguistic representations fully. However, evidence about situation models is indirect and mediated through language, with the result that alignment of situation models is only partial.
Branigan
Holly P
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Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, United Kingdom holly@cogsci.ed.ac.uk http://www.psy.ed.ac.uk/Staff/ra/hbranigan/publications.html.