Computational and Conversational Discourse

Burning Issues - An Interdisciplinary Account
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-3-642-08244-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 341 g

Reihe: NATO ASI Subseries F:

People engage in discourse every day - from writing letters and presenting papers to simple discussions. Yet discourse is a complex and fascinating phenomenon that is not well understood. This volume stems from a multidisciplinary workshop in which eminent scholars in linguistics, sociology and computational linguistics presented various aspects of discourse. The topics treated range from multi-party conversational interactions to deconstructing text from various perspectives, considering topic-focus development and discourse structure, and an empirical study of discourse segmentation. The chapters not only describe each author's favorite burning issue in discourse but also provide a fascinating view of the research methodology and style of argumentation in each field.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hovy, Eduard H.

Scott, Donia R.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Tonsignalverarbeitung
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Robotik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Spracherkennung, Sprachverarbeitung
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Signalverarbeitung, Bildverarbeitung, Scanning
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Natürliche Sprachen & Maschinelle Übersetzung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Wissensbasierte Systeme, Expertensysteme
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Computerlinguistik, Korpuslinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Issues of Relevance for Discourse Analysis: Contingency in Action, Interaction, and Co-Participant Context.- 2 Types of Structure: Deconstructing Notions of Constituency in Clause and Text.- 3 Interaction and Syntax in the Structure of Conversational Discourse: Collaboration, Overlap, and Syntactic Dissociation.- 4 The Information Structure of the Sentence and the Coherence of Discourse.- 5 Discourse Coherence and Segmentation.- 6 On the Relation Between the Informational and Intentional Perspectives on Discourse.- 7 Empirical Analysis of Three Dimensions of Spoken Discourse: Segmentation, Coherence, and Linguistic Devices.- Authors’ Biographies.