relationalpointing
Relationalpointing is a communicative concept describing acts where a speaker conveys referential intention by signaling a relationship among entities rather than pointing to a single object. The term is used across linguistics, cognitive science, and human-computer interaction to study how speakers encode relational information through gestures, gaze, and language.
Mechanisms of relationalpointing include gestures (hand shapes, trajectories), eye gaze, and accompanying linguistic cues such as
Studies and applications of relationalpointing appear in child language acquisition to understand how children interpret relational
Limitations and challenges include a high reliance on context, potential ambiguity in crowded scenes, and cross-cultural