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Interactional Reconstruction in Real‐Time Language Processing
Author(s) -
Fox Barbara A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.498
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1551-6709
pISSN - 0364-0213
DOI - 10.1207/s15516709cog1103_5
Subject(s) - reinterpretation , utterance , conversation , set (abstract data type) , meaning (existential) , phenomenon , interpretation (philosophy) , linguistics , cognitive science , cognition , computer science , psychology , communication , epistemology , artificial intelligence , philosophy , neuroscience , psychotherapist , programming language , aesthetics
This study documents and characterizes a phenomenon in naturally‐occurring conversation which I have termed interactional reconstruction. Interactional reconstruction involves retroactive reinterpretation of an earlier utterance (or set of utterances) on the basis of a more recent utterance (or set of utterances). This work is meant to serve two functions: first, to enrich our theories of human communication; and second, to explore directions and implications for theories of meaning and discourse modeling within cognitive science.