Intentions in Communication

Intentions in Communication

Author: Philip R. Cohen

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780262031509

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Intentions in Communication brings together major theorists from artificial intelligence and computer science, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology whose work develops the foundations for an account of the role of intentions in a comprehensive theory of communication. It demonstrates, for the first time, the emerging cooperation among disciplines concerned with the fundamental role of intention in communication.The fourteen contributions in this book address central questions about the nature of intention as it is understood in theories of communication, the crucial role of intention recognition in understanding utterances, the use of principles of rational interaction in interpreting speech acts, the contribution of intonation contours to intention recognition, and the need for more general models of intention that support a view of dialogue as a collaborative activity.The contributors are Michael E. Bratman, Philip R. Cohen, Hector J. Levesque, Martha E. Pollack, Henry Kautz, Andrew J. I. Jones, C. Raymond Perrault, Daniel Vanderveken, Janet Pierrehumbert, Julia Hirschberg, Richmond H. Thomason, Diane J Litman, James F. Allen, John R. Searle, Barbara J. Grosz, Candace L. Sidner, Herbert H. Clark and Deanna Wilkes-Gibbs. The book also includes commentaries by James F. Allen, W. A Woods, Jerry Morgan, Jerrold M. Sadock Jerry R. Hobbs, and Kent Bach.Philip R. Cohen is a Senior Computer Scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International and is a Senior Researcher with the Center for the Study of Language and Information; Jerry Morgan is Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois; Martha E. Pollack is a Computer Scientist at the Artificial Intelligence Center at SRI International and is a Senior Researcher with the Center for the Study of Language and Information. Intentions in Communication is included in the System Development Foundation Benchmark Series.


The Handbook of Discourse Analysis

The Handbook of Discourse Analysis

Author: Deborah Schiffrin

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-15

Total Pages: 872

ISBN-13: 0470751983

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The Handbook of Discourse Analysis makes significant contributions to current research and serves as a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the central issues in contemporary discourse analysis. Features comprehensive coverage of contemporary discourse analysis. Offers an overview of how different disciplines approach the analysis of discourse. Provides analysis of a wide range of data, including political speeches, everyday conversation, and literary texts. Includes a varied range of theoretical models, such as relevance theory and systemic-functional linguistics; and methodology, including interpretive, statistical, and formal methodsFeatures comprehensive coverage of contemporary discourse analysis.


Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

Author: Bernhard Nebel

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 834

ISBN-13:

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Stringently reviewed papers presented at the October 1992 meeting held in Cambridge, Mass., address such topics as nonmonotonic logic; taxonomic logic; specialized algorithms for temporal, spatial, and numerical reasoning; and knowledge representation issues in planning, diagnosis, and natural langu


Knowledge Discovery in Databases: PKDD 2006

Knowledge Discovery in Databases: PKDD 2006

Author: Johannes Fürnkranz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-09-15

Total Pages: 681

ISBN-13: 3540453741

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases, PKDD 2006. The book presents 36 revised full papers and 26 revised short papers together with abstracts of 5 invited talks, carefully reviewed and selected from 564 papers submitted. The papers offer a wealth of new results in knowledge discovery in databases and address all current issues in the area.


Essays on Turkish Linguistics

Essays on Turkish Linguistics

Author: Sıla Ay

Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 9783447060592

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This book contains 48 papers presented at the Fourteenth International Conference on Turkish Linguistics, held by Ankara University in August 6-8, 2008. The contributions to this conference cover a wide range of topics in theoretical, descriptive and applied linguistics relating to Turkish and Turkic languages in discussing a great variety of issues related to phonology and phonetics, morphology, syntax and semantics, pragmatics and discourse, language acquisition, language contact, and applied linguistics, as they have been grouped in this volume. Although the main focus of the volume is on Turkish linguistic issues, there are also a number of articles in different modern linguistic frameworks dealing with Turkic languages and Turkish dialects. The book will be appealing to anyone interested in current issues in theoretical linguistics as well as those who are working on Turcology, linguistic typology, contact linguistics, and applied linguistics.


Ai '93 - Proceedings Of The 6th Australian Joint Conference On Artificial Intelligence

Ai '93 - Proceedings Of The 6th Australian Joint Conference On Artificial Intelligence

Author: C Rowles

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 1993-09-23

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 9814552534

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This volume reflects the state of the art in artificial intelligence in the Australasian region. It covers machine learning, knowledge acguisition, cognitive modelling, robots and vision, natural language, automated reasoning, knowledge-based systems, neural networks and genetic algorithms, distributed AI, etc.


Introduction to Discourse Studies

Introduction to Discourse Studies

Author: J. Renkema

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9789027232212

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Introduction to Discourse Studies follows on Jan Renkema s successful "Discourse Studies: An Introductory Textbook" (1993), published in four languages. This new book deals with even more key concepts in discourse studies and approaches major issues in this field from the Anglo-American and European as well as the Australian traditions. It provides a scientific toolkit for future courses on discourse studies and serves as a stepping stone to the independent study of professional literature.Introduction to Discourse Studies is the result of more than twenty-five years of experience gained in doing research and teaching students, professionals and academics at various universities. The book is organized in fifteen comprehensive chapters, each subdivided in modular sections that can be studied separately. It includes 400 references, from the most-cited contemporary publications to influential classic works; 500 index entries covering frequently used concepts in the field; more than 100 thought-provoking questions, all elaborately answered, which are ideal for teacher-supported self-education; nearly 100 assignments that provide ample material for teachers to focus on specific topics of their own preference in their lectures.Jan Renkema is a member of the Department of Communication and Information Sciences at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. He is also editor of "Discourse, of Course" (2009) and author of "The Texture of Discourse" (2009). In 2009, a Chinese edition of "Introduction to Discourse Studies" was published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.


Linguistics Today – Facing a Greater Challenge

Linguistics Today – Facing a Greater Challenge

Author: Piet van Sterkenburg

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2004-10-13

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 902729514X

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Every five years the Permanent International Committee of Linguists (CIPL) organises a world congress for linguists. And every five years the Committee faces the challenge of presenting a programme at the highest possible level. The CIPL Executive Committee decided for the Congress planned for 2003 in Prague to focus on four major topics which play an important role in today’s linguistic debate: 1. Typology, 2. Endangered Languages, 3. Methodology and Linguistics (including fieldwork) and 4. Language and the mind. Leading experts have introduced the four themes in their plenary lectures in the course of the congress, which served as a basis for the articles presented in the current volume. This book should be a welcome tool for all linguists wishing to find their way quickly in current developments. A CD-Rom containing the full proceedings of the Prague Congress is included.


Interactive Speech Technology

Interactive Speech Technology

Author: Chris Baber

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2002-11

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1135749094

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Deals with the two important technologies in human-computer interaction, computer generation of synthetic speech and computer recognition of human speech. The book focuses on three main areas - recognition, production and dialogue.