title: Top-down influences in the interactive alignment model: The power of the situation model.
abstract: Pickering & Garrod's (P&G's) model is an innovative and important step in the study of naturalistic language. However, the simplicity of its mechanisms for dialogue coordination may be overstated and the hypothesized direct priming channel between interlocutors' situation models is questionable. A complete specification of the model will require more investigation of the role of top-down inhibition among representations.
authors.affiliation: 607 LRDC (Learning, Research, and Development Center) and Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 tessa@pitt.edu.
authors.forename: Tessa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rayner