Interactivism in Spoken Dialogue Systems

Abstract: The interactivism model introduces a dynamic approach to language, communication and cognition. In this work, we explore this fundamental theory in the context of dialogue modelling for spoken dialogue systems (SDS). To extend such a theoretical framework, we present a set of design principles which adhere to central psycholinguistic and communication theories to achieve interactivism in SDS. From these, key ideas are linked to constitute the basis of our proposed design principles.