Attention, Intentions, and the Structure of Discourse

@article{citeulike:228585, abstract = {this paper we explore a new theory of discourse structure that stresses the role of purpose and processing in discourse. In this theory, discourse structure is composed of three separate but interrelated components: the structure of the sequence of utterances (called the linguistic structure), a struclure of purposes (called the intentional structure), and the state of focus of attention (called the attentional state). The linguistic structure consists of segments of the discourse into which...}, author = {Grosz, Barbara J. and Sidner, Candace L. }, citeulike-article-id = {228585}, journal = {Computational Linguistics}, keywords = {1986, chat, discourse}, number = {3}, pages = {175--204}, posted-at = {2007-12-01 15:32:04}, priority = {2}, title = {Attention, Intentions, and the Structure of Discourse}, url = {http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/grosz86attention.html}, volume = {12}, year = {1986} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:228585 L3 - citeulike-article-id:228585 TI - Attention, Intentions, and the Structure of Discourse JF - Computational Linguistics VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - 175 EP - 204 N2 - this paper we explore a new theory of discourse structure that stresses the role of purpose and processing in discourse. In this theory, discourse structure is composed of three separate but interrelated components: the structure of the sequence of utterances (called the linguistic structure), a struclure of purposes (called the intentional structure), and the state of focus of attention (called the attentional state). The linguistic structure consists of segments of the discourse into which... KW - 1986 KW - chat KW - discourse AU - Grosz, Barbara AU - Sidner, Candace PY - 1986/// UR - http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/grosz86attention.html ER -