Elements of discourse understanding
By: edited by Aravind K. Joshi, Bonnie L. Webber, Ivan A. Sag.
Contributors: Joshi, Aravind K. 1929-; Webber, Bonnie Lynn.; Sag, Ivan A., 1949-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Discourse analysis -- Data processing -- Congresses; Semantics -- Congresses; Meaning (Psychology) -- Congresses; Computational linguistics -- Congresses
Description: The questions of how human beings produce and comprehend language continue to engage a variety of researchers and scholars, and it is becoming increasingly clear that only interdisciplinary approaches will yield productive answers. This complex issue of discourse processing is the subject of this volume, and the contributors address it from the varying perspectives of cognitive psychology linguistics, and computer science. The chapters provide a fascinating overview of emerging theories in the new discipline of cognitive science. A useful introductory chapter by the editors explains the relationships of chapters to one another and outlines the long-term implications of the work they report.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Papers from a workshop held in May 1978 at the University of Pennsylvania.