#16378Theattentional state is an abstraction of the focus of attention of the participants as the discourse unfolds.
other,10-10-J86-3001,ak
describing the
<term>
processing
</term>
of
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utterances
</term>
in a
<term>
discourse
</term>
.
<term>
#16504This theory provides a framework for describing the processing ofutterances in a discourse.
other,16-5-J86-3001,ak
the
<term>
participants
</term>
as the
<term>
discourse
</term>
unfolds . The
<term>
attentional state
#16393The attentional state is an abstraction of the focus of attention of the participants as thediscourse unfolds.
other,9-11-J86-3001,ak
how the
<term>
utterances
</term>
of the
<term>
discourse
</term>
aggregate into
<term>
segments
</term>
#16518Discourse processing requires recognizing how the utterances of thediscourse aggregate into segments, recognizing the intentions expressed in the discourse and the relationships among intentions, and tracking the discourse through the operation of the mechanisms associated with attentional state.
other,21-8-J86-3001,ak
the paper with a number of example
<term>
discourses
</term>
. Various properties of
<term>
discourse
#16468The theory of attention, intention, and aggregation of utterances is illustrated in the paper with a number of examplediscourses.
other,25-2-J86-3001,ak
<term>
utterances
</term>
( called the
<term>
linguistic structure
</term>
) , a structure of
<term>
purposes
</term>
#16310In this theory, discourse structure is composed of three separate but interrelated components: the structure of the sequence of utterances (called thelinguistic structure), a structure of purposes (called the intentional structure), and the state of focus of attention (called the attentional state).
other,30-11-J86-3001,ak
intentions
</term>
, and tracking the
<term>
discourse
</term>
through the operation of the mechanisms
#16539Discourse processing requires recognizing how the utterances of the discourse aggregate into segments, recognizing the intentions expressed in the discourse and the relationships among intentions, and tracking thediscourse through the operation of the mechanisms associated with attentional state.
other,1-3-J86-3001,ak
<term>
attentional state
</term>
) . The
<term>
linguistic structure
</term>
consists of
<term>
segments
</term>
of
#16340Thelinguistic structure consists of segments of the discourse into which the utterances naturally aggregate.
other,11-12-J86-3001,ak
recognition tasks
</term>
the role of
<term>
information
</term>
from the
<term>
discourse
</term>
and
#16562This processing description specifies in these recognition tasks the role ofinformation from the discourse and from the participants' knowledge of the domain.
other,10-8-J86-3001,ak
intention
</term>
, and aggregation of
<term>
utterances
</term>
is illustrated in the paper with
#16457The theory of attention, intention, and aggregation ofutterances is illustrated in the paper with a number of example discourses.
other,20-9-J86-3001,ak
<term>
referring expressions
</term>
, and
<term>
interruptions
</term>
are explored . This theory provides
#16490Various properties of discourse are described, and explanations for the behaviour of cue phrases, referring expressions, andinterruptions are explored.
tech,18-1-J86-3001,ak
the role of
<term>
purpose
</term>
and
<term>
processing
</term>
in
<term>
discourse
</term>
. In this
#16281In this paper we explore a new theory of discourse structure that stresses the role of purpose andprocessing in discourse.
other,14-7-J86-3001,ak
provide an adequate explanation of such
<term>
discourse phenomena
</term>
as
<term>
cue phrases
</term>
,
<term>
#16435The distinction among these components is essential to provide an adequate explanation of suchdiscourse phenomena as cue phrases, referring expressions, and interruptions.
other,3-8-J86-3001,ak
interruptions
</term>
. The theory of
<term>
attention
</term>
,
<term>
intention
</term>
, and aggregation
#16450The theory ofattention, intention, and aggregation of utterances is illustrated in the paper with a number of example discourses.
other,12-11-J86-3001,ak
<term>
discourse
</term>
aggregate into
<term>
segments
</term>
, recognizing the
<term>
intentions
#16521Discourse processing requires recognizing how the utterances of the discourse aggregate intosegments, recognizing the intentions expressed in the discourse and the relationships among intentions, and tracking the discourse through the operation of the mechanisms associated with attentional state.
other,12-3-J86-3001,ak
<term>
discourse
</term>
into which the
<term>
utterances
</term>
naturally aggregate . The
<term>
intentional
#16351The linguistic structure consists of segments of the discourse into which theutterances naturally aggregate.
other,23-12-J86-3001,ak
participants ' knowledge
</term>
of the
<term>
domain
</term>
. The goal of this work is the enrichment
#16574This processing description specifies in these recognition tasks the role of information from the discourse and from the participants' knowledge of thedomain.
other,14-12-J86-3001,ak
of
<term>
information
</term>
from the
<term>
discourse
</term>
and from the
<term>
participants '
#16565This processing description specifies in these recognition tasks the role of information from thediscourse and from the participants' knowledge of the domain.
other,24-7-J86-3001,ak
<term>
referring expressions
</term>
, and
<term>
interruptions
</term>
. The theory of
<term>
attention
</term>
#16445The distinction among these components is essential to provide an adequate explanation of such discourse phenomena as cue phrases, referring expressions, andinterruptions.
tech,8-10-J86-3001,ak
provides a framework for describing the
<term>
processing
</term>
of
<term>
utterances
</term>
in a
<term>
#16502This theory provides a framework for describing theprocessing of utterances in a discourse.