Explicitation methodology for the study of interpretation in dialog

Béatrice Cahour (1) , Laurent Karsenty (2)

1 LTCI - Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information
2 GRESHTO - Groupe de recherche et d’étude sur l’histoire du travail et de l’orientation

This study analyses in a very detailed way the interpretative processes in a natural professional dialog setting, with Explicitation Interviews, a technic based on psycho-phenomenology. The internal processes for undertanding the interlocutor are detailed ; from the analysis of two utterances disambiguation, the different contexts in which they are interpreted and the various processes through which the subject's thought follows its course are described : hypothesis based on the situational and discursive context, or on the facial and vocal expressions, doubts, mental images, search for relevance, change of interpretative context, face protection and insult avoidance.

Mots clés: relevance; Interpretative processes; insult avoidance; face protection; context; mental processes; disambiguation; explicitation interview; interaction; dialog

Domaines: Psychologie

Béatrice Cahour, Laurent Karsenty. Explicitation methodology for the study of interpretation in dialog. ISAPL 2000. La psycholinguistique - science multidisciplinaire de 2000 : quelles implications, quelles applications ?, Jun 2000, Caen, France. pp.45-54. ⟨hal-00675770⟩