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communication behavior varied depending on emotional episodes, while overall synchrony
tendency was observed regardless of the emotional episodes in the conversation.
1098.164 The relationship between visual information and affective meanings involved in the
recognition of facial expressions of emotion, Nobuyuki Watanabe, Aki Maeda, Hiroshi Yamada,
Nihon University, Japan
This study investigated the relationship between the visual information (physical variables) and
affective meanings (psychological variables) involved in the recognition of facial expressions of
emotion. In the experiment participants were made to assess the facial images of basic six facial
expressions and neutral expression using the Affect Grid technique. Multiple regression analyses
were conducted to examine the relationships between the affective scores of each expression and
its facial structural variables, which scores were computed from the displacements of facial feature
points in each image. The results indicate that "slantedness of the upper face" correlates with
"pleasantness", and "curvedness/openness" with "activity".
1098.165 The congruence of the prosodic features in dyadic communication, Masashi Komori 1 ,
Chika Nagaoka 2 , Toshie Nakamura 3 , 1 Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan; 2 JSPS
Research Fellow, Japan; 3 Osaka University, Japan
It has been reported that the paralanguage of speakers within dialogues becomes congruent, this
being possibly affected by their receptiveness. In this light, the present study compared prosodic
features; the duration of switching pauses (SP), the fundamental frequency (F0) and the vocal
intensity, in receptive and non-receptive dialogues. The results indicated that in receptive
dialogues, some prosodic features of the conversational partners become gradually similar, while
in non-receptive dialogues, these are dissimilar. It is suggested that speakers with a receptive
mental set adjust their prosodic features to match those of their partner.
1098.166 Pointing at the conversational partner, Ayumu Arakawa, Naoto Suzuki, Doshisha
University, Japan
Although the phenomenon that people point at empty space to intend to refer to an absent object
has been discussed, the phenomenon that Japanese people point at each other in conversation has
not been clearly explained. In current research, conversations of 22 pairs of friends were observed
and classified into categories to investigate the pointing behavior. The results show that the
speaker often points at the partner to refer to the absent object, person or event that the partner
knows, and that sometimes the speaker points at the partner to refer to the partner without the
corresponding utterance.
1098.167 The development of HSK for young learners, Aimin Cheng, Jiayuan Yu, Shiyi Lu,
Ying Liu, Huihong Wu, Nanjing Normal University, China
HSK is a series of international Chinese proficiency tests which is offered by NOCEL (National
Office of Teaching Chinese as Foreign Language) of Chinese government. HSK for young
learners developed by Nanjing Normal University is one of the HSK tests. This test is composed
by three forms which are suitable for different proficient levels respectively. The pretest has been
conducted in European, Asian and American countries where Chinese teaching for young learners
is typical. The data has been analyzed with item response theory. The results showed this test has
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