Abstract
Language alignment is something that happens automatically in dialogues between human speakers. The ability to align is expected to increase the believability of virtual dialogue agents. In this paper we extend the notion of alignment to affective language use, describing a model for dynamically adapting the linguistic style of a virtual agent to the level of politeness and formality detected in the user’s utterances. The model has been implemented in the Virtual Guide, an embodied conversational agent giving directions
in a virtual environment. Evaluation shows that our formality model needs improvement, but that the politeness tactics used by the Guide are mostly interpreted as intended, and that the alignment to the user’s language is noticeable.
Original language | Undefined |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2008) |
Place of Publication | Estoril |
Publisher | The International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS) |
Pages | 207-214 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-0-9817381-0-9 |
Publication status | Published - May 2008 |
Event | 7th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2008 - Estoril, Portugal Duration: 12 May 2008 → 16 May 2008 Conference number: 7 http://gaips.inesc-id.pt/aamas2008/ |
Publication series
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Publisher | The International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS) |
Number | 274 |
Volume | 1 |
Conference
Conference | 7th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2008 |
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Abbreviated title | AAMAS 2008 |
Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Estoril |
Period | 12/05/08 → 16/05/08 |
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Keywords
- Alignment
- Virtual agents
- politeness
- IR-64764
- EWI-12746
- METIS-250979
- EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP6/507422