Garrod and Anderson observed people cooperating in attempting to solve a computer-generated maze game. The pairs of speakers very quickly adopted similar forms of description-a phenomenon called:

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The phenomenon observed by Garrod and Anderson, where individuals quickly adopt similar forms of description while cooperating in a task, is called lexical entrainment. This refers to the way in which speakers align their language use in various domains, such as vocabulary, syntax, and prosody, during interaction.

Garrod and Anderson Observed People Cooperating in Attempting to Solve