Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2019
Abstract
This paper introduces a conversational speech corpus collected during the completion of a map-matching task that is available for research purposes via the Montclair State University Digital Commons Data Repository. The Montclair Map Task is a new, role-neutral conversational task that involves paired iconic maps with labeled landmarks and a path drawn from a start point, around various landmarks, to a finish mark. One advantage of this task-oriented corpus is the ability to derive independent objective measures of task performance for both members of a conversational pair that can be related to aspects of communicative style. A total of 96 native English speakers completed the task in 16 same-sex female, 16 same-sex male, and 16 mixed-sex pairings. Conversations averaged 32 minutes in duration, yielding approximately 217,000 words. The transcription protocol delineates events such as speaking turns, inter-turn intervals, landmark phrases, fillers, pauses, overlaps, and backchannels, making this corpus a useful tool for investigating dynamics of conversational interaction. Analyses of communication efficacy and efficiency reveal that male pairs of talkers were less efficient than female and mixed-sex pairs with respect to partner map-matching task performance.
DOI
10.1177/0023830918775435
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Pardo, Jennifer; Urmanche, Adelya; Gash, Hannah; Wiener, Jaclyn; Mason, Nicholas; Wilman-Depena, Sherilyn; Francis, Keagan; and Decker, Alexa, "The Montclair Map Task: Balance, Efficacy, and Efficiency in Conversational Interaction" (2019). Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 515.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/psychology-facpubs/515
Published Citation
Pardo, J. S., Urmanche, A., Gash, H., Wiener, J., Mason, N., Wilman, S., ... & Decker, A. (2019). The Montclair map task: Balance, efficacy, and efficiency in conversational interaction. Language and Speech, 62(2), 378-398.