Ebook: Computational and Conversational Discourse: Burning Issues — An Interdisciplinary Account

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.

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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.

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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Issues of Relevance for Discourse Analysis: Contingency in Action, Interaction and Co-Participant Context....Pages 3-35
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Types of Structure: Deconstructing Notions of Constituency in Clause and Text....Pages 39-66
Interaction and Syntax in the Structure of Conversational Discourse: Collaboration, Overlap, and Syntactic Dissociation....Pages 67-96
The Information Structure of the Sentence and the Coherence of Discourse....Pages 97-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Discourse Coherence and Segmentation....Pages 111-138
On the Relation Between the Informational and Intentional Perspectives on Discourse....Pages 139-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Empirical Analysis of Three Dimensions of Spoken Discourse: Segmentation, Coherence, and Linguistic Devices....Pages 161-194
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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Issues of Relevance for Discourse Analysis: Contingency in Action, Interaction and Co-Participant Context....Pages 3-35
Front Matter....Pages 37-37
Types of Structure: Deconstructing Notions of Constituency in Clause and Text....Pages 39-66
Interaction and Syntax in the Structure of Conversational Discourse: Collaboration, Overlap, and Syntactic Dissociation....Pages 67-96
The Information Structure of the Sentence and the Coherence of Discourse....Pages 97-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Discourse Coherence and Segmentation....Pages 111-138
On the Relation Between the Informational and Intentional Perspectives on Discourse....Pages 139-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Empirical Analysis of Three Dimensions of Spoken Discourse: Segmentation, Coherence, and Linguistic Devices....Pages 161-194
Back Matter....Pages 195-202
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