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Dialogue in screenwriting does a lot. It molds character identity, regulates narrative pacing, and modulates audience perception.
Dialogue in screenwriting does a lot. It molds character identity, regulates narrative pacing, and modulates audience perception.
Especially in scripted dialogue, stance choices affect how characters express certainty, hedge claims, and align with others.
Especially in scripted dialogue, stance choices affect how characters express certainty, hedge claims, and align with others.
Markers like think and know help construct speaker identity + relationship negotiation, making them relevant in authorial dialogue style in screenwriting.
Markers like think and know help construct speaker identity + relationship negotiation, making them relevant in authorial dialogue style in screenwriting.
Epistemic stance markers are based on degrees of certainty, attribution, and evidentiality.
Epistemic stance markers are based on degrees of certainty, attribution, and evidentiality.
Epistemic stance markers can be viewed as stylistic features in screenwriting and as a potential vector for authorial voice and character positioning.
Epistemic stance markers can be viewed as stylistic features in screenwriting and as a potential vector for authorial voice and character positioning.
Epistemic verbs such as think, know, and believe are selected because they represent high-frequency, prototypical stance markers that encode varying degrees of certainty and evidential commitment, making them suitable for systematic comparison.
Epistemic verbs such as think, know, and believe are selected because they represent high-frequency, prototypical stance markers that encode varying degrees of certainty and evidential commitment, making them suitable for systematic comparison.
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Speech perception is complex; it's fast, continuous, and ambiguous. Despite this, humans are remarkably good at extracting meaning from it and automatic YouTube captions are...not.
Speech perception is complex; it's fast, continuous, and ambiguous. Despite this, humans are remarkably good at extracting meaning from it and automatic YouTube captions are...not.
Context affects what we hear. Listeners use prior knowledge and situational context to reconstruct meaning.
Context affects what we hear. Listeners use prior knowledge and situational context to reconstruct meaning.
Motor Theory proposes that humans perceive the articulatory gestures behind speech rather than the sounds themselves. Speech perception in this way is a specialized human ability.
Motor Theory proposes that humans perceive the articulatory gestures behind speech rather than the sounds themselves. Speech perception in this way is a specialized human ability.
On the other hand, speech perception is seen more as a form of pattern recognition. Listeners compare incoming sounds to stored prototypes + use acoustic information + knowledge to determine the most likely interpretation.
On the other hand, speech perception is seen more as a form of pattern recognition. Listeners compare incoming sounds to stored prototypes + use acoustic information + knowledge to determine the most likely interpretation.
AI transcription systems make a lot of mistakes; they often select statistically probable words, whereas humans integrate context, knowledge, expectations, and social information to infer what was intended.
AI transcription systems make a lot of mistakes; they often select statistically probable words, whereas humans integrate context, knowledge, expectations, and social information to infer what was intended.
Psycholinguistic evidence + experiments discussed further show the complex relationship between perception, cognition, and language.
Psycholinguistic evidence + experiments discussed further show the complex relationship between perception, cognition, and language.
AI captioning lacks the flexibility that humans have. As it turns out, speech perception is hard.
AI captioning lacks the flexibility that humans have. As it turns out, speech perception is hard.
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