Computational and Conversational Discourse: Burning Issues -- An Interdisciplinary Account (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783540609483)

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.

Author: Eduard H. Hovy
ISBN-10: 3540609482
ISBN-13: 9783540609483
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 09/17/1996
Pages: 202
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d