Attention, Intention, and the Structure of Discourse
Author: Barbara J. Grosz
Publisher:
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13:
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Intentions in Communication
Author: Philip R. Cohen
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780262031509
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntentions 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
Author: Deborah Schiffrin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008-04-15
Total Pages: 872
ISBN-13: 0470751983
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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
Author: Bernhard Nebel
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 834
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStringently 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
Author: Johannes Fürnkranz
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2006-09-15
Total Pages: 681
ISBN-13: 3540453741
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
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
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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
Author: J. Renkema
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9789027232212
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroduction 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
Author: Piet van Sterkenburg
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2004-10-13
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 902729514X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvery 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
Author: Chris Baber
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2002-11
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1135749094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDeals 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.
Anaphora Processing
Author: António Branco
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2005-01-01
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9789027247773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnaphora processing is a central topic in the study of natural language and has long been the object of research in a wide range of disciplines. The correct interpretation of anaphora has also become increasingly important for real-world natural language processing applications, including machine translation, automatic abstracting, information extraction and question answering. This volume provides a unique overview of the processing of anaphora from a multi- and inter-disciplinary angle. It will be of interest and practical use to readers from fields as diverse as theoretical linguistics, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, computer science, natural language processing, artificial intelligence, human language technology, psycholinguistics, cognitive science and translation studies. The readership includes but is not limited to university lecturers, researchers, postgraduate and senior undergraduate students.
