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SUMMARY:Synchronized Speaking: What speaking together can tell us about sk
 illed action - Fred Cummins\, School of Computer Science &amp\; Informatic
 s\, University College Dublin
DTSTART:20121205T110000Z
DTEND:20121205T120000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Speech has conventionally been considered as the kind of thing
  that is done by one person at a time. Yet there are many situations in wh
 ich we speak by saying the same thing at the same time: in classrooms\, ch
 urches\, temples\, sports stadia\, and on the street. Joint speaking has n
 ot yet been subject to scientific study\, which is surprising\, given its 
 rich embedding in cultural and educational practices throughout the world.
  There are many questions we may ask in this domain.\n\nA laboratory varia
 nt of joint speaking\, which I call Synchronous Speech\, has revealed some
  characteristics of joint speech that are of potential interest to phoneti
 cians and cognitive scientists. Speakers can speak fluently while remainin
 g in very tight synchrony with a co-speaker\, even when reading novel text
 s. This particular form of synchronized action has\nsome characteristics t
 hat make it different from every other case in which people synchronize sk
 illed action. I will suggest that we might begin to develop an account in 
 which two synchronized speakers are usefully regarded as a transiently ass
 embled single system\, rather than as two entirely separate systems.
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