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Communicating with Speakers and Listeners of Different Pragmatic Levels

Kata Naszadi, Frans A. Oliehoek, and Christof Monz. Communicating with Speakers and Listeners of Different Pragmatic Levels. In Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP), October 2024.

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Abstract

This paper explores the impact of variable pragmatic competence on communicative success through simulating language learning and conversing between speakers and listeners with different levels of reasoning abilities. Through studying this interaction, we hypothesize that matching levels of reasoning between communication partners would create a more beneficial environment for communicative success and language learning. Our research findings indicate that learning from more explicit, literal language is advantageous, irrespective of the learner's level of pragmatic competence. Furthermore, we find that integrating pragmatic reasoning during language learning, not just during evaluation, significantly enhances overall communication performance. This paper provides key insights into the importance of aligning reasoning levels and incorporating pragmatic reasoning in optimizing communicative interactions.

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@inproceedings{Naszadi24EMNLP,
    author =    {{Naszadi}, Kata and {Oliehoek}, Frans A. and {Monz}, Christof},
    title =     {Communicating with Speakers and Listeners of Different Pragmatic Levels},
    booktitle=  {Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP)},
    keywords = {Computer Science - Computation and Language, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence},
    year =      2024,
    month =     oct,
    OPTdoi =    {10.48550/arXiv.2410.05851},
    keywords =   {refereed},
    abstract =  {
    This paper explores the impact of variable pragmatic competence on
    communicative success through simulating language learning and conversing
    between speakers and listeners with different levels of reasoning
    abilities. Through studying this interaction, we hypothesize that matching
    levels of reasoning between communication partners would create a more
    beneficial environment for communicative success and language learning. Our
    research findings indicate that learning from more explicit, literal
    language is advantageous, irrespective of the learner's level of pragmatic
    competence. Furthermore, we find that integrating pragmatic reasoning
    during language learning, not just during evaluation, significantly
    enhances overall communication performance. This paper provides key
    insights into the importance of aligning reasoning levels and incorporating
    pragmatic reasoning in optimizing communicative interactions.
    }
}

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