El lenguaje como un proceso colaborativo: una replicación sobre el modelo colaborativo de Clark (Schober y Clark 1989)

Abstract

The present study attempts to replicate two experimental designs conducted by Clark and his colleagues in 1989, testing the collaborative model of language. In this study, the Tangram task is replaced by a bomb defusal task using the video game Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. A total of 20 pairs of participants were analyzed based on time taken, number of errors, number of speaking turns, and word count. Similar to the original 1987 study, in another phase of the experiment, a third person (an overhearer) performed the task by listening to a recording of another pair deactivatingbombs. The results of this study indicate a reduction in the number of interventions and words across the trials, as well as a decrease in the number of errors and time spent. No significant differences were found between the performance of pairs carrying out the task and that of non-communicating listeners. These data suggest that language does indeed tend to follow a collaborative model based on common references.