Much work on communication and joint action conceptualizes interaction as a dynamical
system. Under this view, dynamic properties of interaction should be shaped by the context …

Linguistic alignment (LA) is the tendency during a conversation to reuse each other's
linguistic expressions, including lexical, conceptual, or syntactic structures. LA is often …

The Multimodal Performance of Conversational Humor Page 1 The Multimodal Performance of
Conversational Humor Figurative Thought and Language 13 John Benjamins Publishing …

Complex behaviors are layered with processes across timescales that must be coordinated
with each other to accomplish cooperative goals. Complexity matching is the coordination of …

Discussion of AI alignment (alignment between humans and AI systems) has focused on
value alignment, broadly referring to creating AI systems that share human values. We argue …

The way that individuals use function words in a conversation—reflecting how they say
things, rather than what they say—is called their individual language style. The dyadic …

When communicating, individuals alter their language to fulfill a myriad of social functions. In
particular, linguistic convergence and divergence are fundamental in establishing and …

Over the past three decades, Van Gelder's dynamical hypothesis has been instrumental in
reconceptualizing the ways in which perception‐action‐cognition unfolds over time and in …

Each year, several disasters occur, resulting in enormous human, infrastructural, and
economic losses. To minimize losses and ensure an adequate emergency response, it is …

Comprehensibility, or ease of understanding, has emerged as an important construct in
second language (L2) speech research. Many studies have examined the linguistic features …