2 papers
cs.CL2025
Ad hoc conventions generalize to new referents
Anya Ji, Claire Augusta Bergey, Ron Eliav +2
How do people talk about things they've never talked about before? One view suggests that a new shared naming system establishes an arbitrary link to a specific target, like proper…
cs.CL2024
From "um" to "yeah": Producing, predicting, and regulating information flow in human conversation
Claire Augusta Bergey, Simon DeDeo
Conversation demands attention. Speakers must call words to mind, listeners must make sense of them, and both together must negotiate this flow of information, all in fractions of…