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Computational and Conversational Discourse

Burning Issues — An Interdisciplinary Account

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Eduard H. Hovy

    1. Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, USA

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  2. Donia R. Scott

    1. Information Technology Research Institute, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

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Part of the book series: NATO ASI Subseries F: (NATO ASI F, volume 151)

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Table of contents (7 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Perspective from Sociology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Issues of Relevance for Discourse Analysis: Contingency in Action, Interaction and Co-Participant Context

      • Emanuel A. Schegloff
      Pages 3-35

  4. Perspectives from Computational Linguistics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Discourse Coherence and Segmentation

      • Kathleen Dahlgren
      Pages 111-138

    3. On the Relation Between the Informational and Intentional Perspectives on Discourse

      • Jerry R. Hobbs
      Pages 139-157

  5. An Empirical Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Empirical Analysis of Three Dimensions of Spoken Discourse: Segmentation, Coherence, and Linguistic Devices

      • Rebecca J. Passonneau, Diane J. Litman
      Pages 161-194

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 195-202
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, Marina del Rey, USA

    Eduard H. Hovy

  • Information Technology Research Institute, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

    Donia R. Scott

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