Linguistic experiments can be incredibly tedious for participants. The quality of elicited data is questionable when the general mood of participants is "click until I am finally released".
Games have proven useful tools to not only create immersive environments in which participants forget the experimental situation and talk very naturally, they also offer precise means of control of the experimental variables, if designed properly.
In this course we will discuss a game created for linguistic experimentation (Betz et al. 2023). We will furthermore discuss the possibility to create a game of our own and conduct an experiment with it within this class. Finally we discuss the statistical methods employed in Betz et al. 2023 and general considerations regarding stats for linguistic game experiments.
Fundamental knowledge of linguistics is required.
Betz S, Bryhadyr N, Türk O, Wagner P. Cognitive Load Increases Spoken and Gestural Hesitation Frequency. Languages. 2023;8(1): 71.
(link zur online pub: https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2969291 )
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| wöchentlich | Mi | 12-14 | 13.04.-24.07.2026 |
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| 23-LIN-MaCL-MethAngewCL Methods in Applied Computational Linguistics Methods in Applied Computational Linguistics | Lehrveranstaltung 1 | Studienleistung
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| 23-MeWi-HM3a_a Mathematisch-linguistische Sprachmodellierung Mathematisch-linguistische Sprachmodellierung | Lehrveranstaltung 1 | Studienleistung
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Apart from fundamental linguistics knowledge, it is helpful, although not necessary to have a basic understanding of statistical methods. A general interest in strategic thinking, either in game context or other contexts is beneficial. Active participation and presence is expected.