Audience design and egocentrism in reference production during human-computer dialogue

Paola Raquel Peña, Philip R. Doyle, Justin Edwards, Diego Garaialde, Daniel Rough, Anna Bleakley, Leigh Clark, Anita Tobar Henriquez, Holly P. Branigan, Iona Gessinger, Benjamin R. Cowan

Abstract: Highlights•Both egocentric and allocentric language production is present in human-computer dialogue similarly as in human-human dialogue.•The role the computer partner takes in the dialogue (i.e. integrated in the interactive system or as a separate interlocutor) may influence how allocentric and egocentric people are during interactions.•The perception of a computer as more tool-like leads towards a stronger bias of egocentric language production.•The perception of a computer as a dialogue partner weakens egocentric biases resulting in similar levels of egocentrism and audience design when compared with human partners.