Intentionality and Joint Attention in Multimodal Interaction (D01)

• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
• Term: from 2020 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 416228727

The project studies how intentionality and joint attention are indicated by verbal, gestural, and other bodily markers. In WPs 1 and 3, we create a typology of these markers. WP2 tests the correlation of eye gaze with categories of intentionality on different levels of abstraction and complexity. A pilot study for such markers and different levels in human-machine interaction is conducted (WP4). WP5 sets the grounds for their formal description and further implementation in application scenarios. To achieve these goals, the project combines empirical and experimental studies with methods and concepts from empirical gesture studies, linguistics, semiotics, and intentional logic.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1410: Hybrid Societies: Humans Interacting with Embodied Technologies
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Chemnitz
• Project Heads: Dr. Jana Bressem; Professorin Dr. Ellen Fricke