Computational and Conversational Discourse

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

3. Perspectives from Linguistics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37

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   2. Types of Structure: Deconstructing Notions of Constituency in Clause and Text

      • James R. Martin

      Pages 39-66

   3. Interaction and Syntax in the Structure of Conversational Discourse: Collaboration, Overlap, and Syntactic Dissociation

      • Tsuyoshi Ono, Sandra A. Thompson

      Pages 67-96

   4. The Information Structure of the Sentence and the Coherence of Discourse

      • Eva Hajicová

      Pages 97-107

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.

• Discourse study
• Diskurs-Analyse
• Language interaction
• Text linguistics
• Textlinguistik
• computational linguistics
• linguistics
• sprachliche Interaktion

• 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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