Abstract
Driven by the metaphor of the computer as dialogue partner, the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) is turning to sociolinguistics—the study of language in social context—for theories, models, and methods. Likewise, sociolinguistics is turning to HCI as a new domain in which to explore classic questions of shared understanding, mutual mtelligibility, and the relationship of human action to the social and material world. This survey article assesses recent sociolinguistic research on human-computer interaction, including developments in the new subfield of computer-supported cooperative work. Keywords: human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, sociolinguistics, conversational analysis, cognitive anthropology, speech act theory, ethnography of speaking.
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