Discourse Processing

Author : Manfred Stede
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781608457342

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Discourse Processing by Manfred Stede Pdf

Discourse Processing here is framed as marking up a text with structural descriptions on several levels, which can serve to support many language-processing or text-mining tasks. We first explore some ways of assigning structure on the document level: the logical document structure as determined by the layout of the text, its genre-specific content structure, and its breakdown into topical segments. Then the focus moves to phenomena of local coherence. We introduce the problem of coreference and look at methods for building chains of coreferring entities in the text. Next, the notion of coherence relation is introduced as the second important factor of local coherence. We study the role of connectives and other means of signaling such relations in text, and then return to the level of larger textual units, where tree or graph structures can be ascribed by recursively assigning coherence relations. Taken together, these descriptions can inform text summarization, information extraction, discourse-aware sentiment analysis, question answering, and the like. Table of Contents: Introduction / Large Discourse Units and Topics / Coreference Resolution / Small Discourse Units and Coherence Relations / Summary: Text Structure on Multiple Interacting Levels

Author : Dan Jurafsky
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8131716724

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Speech & Language Processing by Dan Jurafsky Pdf

Author : Patrick Saint-Dizier
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781443857512

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Challenges of Discourse Processing by Patrick Saint-Dizier Pdf

Discourse analysis remains an unresolved challenge in Computational Linguistics, in spite of the numerous theoretical works that have been developed in the past two decades. This situation is mainly due to the complexity of discourse constructions whose recognition often involves language analysis associated with domain knowledge and reasoning. Technical documents, such as procedures, requirements, and product manuals, must be relatively constrained in terms of language diversity and complexity: the goal is to make sure that users can efficiently and accurately understand these documents. For that purpose, these documents often follow authoring guidelines. These constraints make it possible to develop an accurate discourse analysis of technical documents which can be used to model their contents and to improve their overall quality. This book shows that linguistic analysis and natural language processing methods can efficiently be used to automatically recognize the discourse structures of technical documents, independently of the industrial sector and activity that is considered. Furthermore, the book presents well-founded and concrete solutions, which can be deployed in industrial contexts for various types of applications. This book begins with a presentation of the different types of technical texts. Their structure is then developed in conjunction with a survey of a number of authoring guidelines developed in the industry. The TextCoop platform and the Dislog language, designed for discourse analysis, are then presented with a large number of concrete examples, allowing readers to develop their own applications. The book concludes with an in-depth investigation of the structure of procedures and requirements.

Author : Ted J.M. Sanders,Morton Ann Gernsbacher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135482657

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Accessibility in Text and Discourse Processing by Ted J.M. Sanders,Morton Ann Gernsbacher Pdf

This special issue shows how accessibility phenomena need to be studied from a linguistic and psycholinguistic angle, and in the latter case from interpretation, as well as production. The contributions augment the growing knowledge of accessibility in text and discourse processing. They also illuminate how accessibility is marked in a text or a discourse, how readers and listeners respond to those markings, and how mental representations evolve and change as a direct result of accessibility. The editors hope is that the text affects the readers' representations in ways that linguists and psycholinguists theorize as beneficial.

Author : Roger van de Velde,Roger G. van de Velde
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027225351

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Prolegomena to Inferential Discourse Processing by Roger van de Velde,Roger G. van de Velde Pdf

This work consists of an examination and revision of some of the main theses of Speech Act Theory in relation to the problem of ideology and action-guiding language. Starting from the idea that linguistic philosophy must take into account how the social structure of the linguistic community may influence and direct the way its language is used, a critical method of analysis is proposed, developing Speech Act Theory in a way suitable for this purpose. The main guideline of this proposal is the consideration that a theory of action rather than a theory of meaning should be taken as central in the analysis of language. The notion of illocutionary force, the problem of intentions and conventions in the constitution of speech acts, the definition of context, and the classification of speech acts, are then discussed. Based on the conclusions of this discussion a pragmatic method for the analysis of language is formulated.

Author : Gert Rickheit,Christopher Habel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110808414

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Focus and Coherence in Discourse Processing by Gert Rickheit,Christopher Habel Pdf

Author : G. Rickheit,C. Habel
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999-10-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0080536220

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Mental Models in Discourse Processing and Reasoning by G. Rickheit,C. Habel Pdf

In this interdisciplinary discussion on mental models, researchers from various areas in cognitive science tackle the following questions: What is a mental model? What are the prospects and limitations in applying the mental model notion in cognitive science? How can the ideas on the nature of mental models and their mode of operation be empirically substantiated? The primary goal of the research group was to work out a definition of mental models that embraces the overall use of this construct in cognitive science as well as the more specific conceptions used in particular research domains such as cognitive linguistics. Theoretical claims about the properties of mental models were discussed and their tenability evaluated against the empirical evidence. The volume is divided into three parts. Fundamental aspects of mental models are presented in the first section, the following part contains contributions to the function of mental models in discourse processing, and finally problems of mental models in reasoning and problem solving are outlined.

Author : A. Flammer,W. Kinzelbach
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780080866628

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Discourse Processing by A. Flammer,W. Kinzelbach Pdf

Research on discourse (or text) processing has only recently come into its own. It builds on the work of text analysis which has a long and distinguished history, but modern developments in psychology (e.g. memory research), artificial intelligence, linguistics and philosophy have contributed to this emergence in the last decade as a lively and promising research area. This book contains 46 selected and edited contributions from the International Symposium held in Fribourg in 1981, and represents a truly international overview of the developments in research on written and oral discourse. The contributions have been grouped according to problem area and not according to methodology, with the intention of focusing on the important issues in the field of discourse processing and of showing how diverse approaches contribute to a better understanding of the problems involved. The main themes are: text structure, coherence, inference, memory processes, attention and control, goal perspectives, and educational implications.

Author : Arthur C. Graesser,Morton Ann Gernsbacher,Susan R. Goldman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135659271

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Handbook of Discourse Processes by Arthur C. Graesser,Morton Ann Gernsbacher,Susan R. Goldman Pdf

This Handbook is a comprehensive overview of the multidisciplinary field of discourse processes. The editors hope to foster a more interdisciplinary approach to discourse processing with this Handbook, while simultaneously developing an appreciation within the field for multiple methods of establishing rigorous scientific claims. The field of discourse processes is currently fueled by seven dominant approaches: * discourse psychology; * corpus analysis; * computational discourse; * discourse technologies; * conversation analysis; * hybrid qualitative and quantitative approaches; and * cultural foundations. The contributors also discuss future trends in research, including corpus analyses, the integration of neuroscience with discourse research, and the development of more advanced computer technologies for analyzing discourse.

Author : Michael F. Schober,David N. Rapp,M. Anne Britt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317417972

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The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Processes by Michael F. Schober,David N. Rapp,M. Anne Britt Pdf

The second edition of The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Processes provides a state-of-the-art overview of the field of discourse processes, highlighting the subject’s interdisciplinary foundations and bringing together established and emergent scholars to provide a dynamic roadmap of the evolution of the field. This new edition reflects several of the enormous changes in the world since the publication of the first edition—changes in modes of communication and an increased urgency to understand how people comprehend and trust information. The contents of this volume attempt to address fundamental questions about what we should now be thinking about reading, listening, talking, and writing. The chapters collected here represent a wide range of empirical methods currently available: lab or field experiments, with a range of measures, from quantitative to qualitative; observational studies, including classrooms or organizational communication; corpus analyses; conversation analysis; computational modeling; and linguistic analyses. The chapters also draw attention to the explosion of contextually rich and computationally intensive data analysis tools which have changed the research landscape, along with more contemporary measures of people’s discourse use, from eye-tracking to video analysis tools to brain scans. The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Processes, Second edition is the ideal resource for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in a variety of disciplines, including discourse analysis, conversation analysis, cognitive psychology, and cognitive science.

Author : Roger Van de Velde
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027280046

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Prolegomena to Inferential Discourse Processing by Roger Van de Velde Pdf

This book shows that in reading verbal texts human reasoning is responsible for the recognition and construction of different forms of organization. On the one hand, it spells out in what ways human thinking succeeds in recognizing the surface form of grammatical organization which is characteristic of discourse expression (termed ‘cohesion’). On the other hand, it makes clear which human reasoning processes are involved in the construction of the different levels of organization which are characteristic of text content (termed ‘coherence’). Much attention is devoted to the hierarchical relationships between cohesion and coherence. In line with these hierarchizing endeavors, this book also addresses the related problem of whether the reasoning processes involved in reading verbal texts are ranked in order of importance. This book lends much weight to the empirical control of its claims. It does not only consider the language processing activities of normals, but it also devotes a great deal of attention to the disordered language reception activities of schizophrenics and aphasics.

Author : Teun A. van Dijk
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0803978456

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Discourse as Structure and Process by Teun A. van Dijk Pdf

What are the structures of discourse and what are the functions of these structures in the communicative context? This volume explains how and why discourse is organized at various levels. The multidisciplinary contributions illustrate that discourse analysis goes far beyond the linguistic answer of designing grammars and goes hand in hand with the study of their uses and functions in the social context. Comprehensive and accessible, the volume covers a huge variety of discourse genres, including written and spoken, and storytelling and argumentation. The chapters also illustrate the necessity to examine the mental processes of the language users: How do people go about producing, understanding and remembering text or talk? The book stresses that both discourse and its mental processing have a social basis and can only be fully understood in relation to social interaction.

Author : Roy O. Freedle
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:X001394558

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New Directions in Discourse Processing by Roy O. Freedle Pdf

Author : Jean Costermans,Michel Fayol
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317779698

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Processing interclausal Relationships by Jean Costermans,Michel Fayol Pdf

During the last 10 years, more and more linguistic and psycholinguistic research has been devoted to the study of discourse and written texts. Much of this research deals with the markers that underline the connections and the breaks between clauses and sentences plus the use of these markers -- by adults and children -- in the production and comprehension of oral and written material. In this volume, major observations and theoretical views from both sides of the Atlantic are brought together to appeal to a wide range of linguists, psychologists, and speech therapists. The volume presents contributions from researchers interested specifically in adult language and from others concerned with developmental aspects of language. Some contributors deal primarily with production, whereas others concentrate on comprehension. Some direct their attention to oral discourse while others focus on written texts. To preserve overall coherence, however, the contributors were given the following recommendations: * With regard to the level of linguistic analysis, the emphasis should be on the clause level -- more particularly, on the relationships between clauses. * Special emphasis should also be placed on linguistic markers (e.g., connectives, markers of segmentation, punctuation). * An overview of a given field of research should be offered, and current research should be put into perspective. * For contributors in the developmental field, attention should be paid to the fact that an account of the acquisition of some language functions throughout childhood should be included only if general principles of interclause relations that might be masked by the exclusive examination of adult evidence could be derived from it.

Author : Alexander Haselow,Sylvie Hancil
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027259899

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Studies at the Grammar-Discourse Interface by Alexander Haselow,Sylvie Hancil Pdf

This book investigates phenomena at the grammar–discourse interface with a strong focus on discourse markers, whose development and concrete uses in a given language tend to be based on a close interplay of grammatical and discourse-related forces. The topics range from the transition of linguistic signs “out of” sentence grammar and “into” the domain of discourse to differences between more grammatical vs. more discourse-pragmatic expressions in terms of structural behavior and cognitive processing, and the different, intricate ways in which the usage conditions and meanings of grammatical constituents or structural units are affected by the discourse context in which they are used. The twelve studies in this book are based on fresh empirical data from languages such as English, Basque, Korean, Japanese and French and involve the study of linguistic expressions and structures such as pragmatic markers and particles, comment clauses, expletives, adverbial connectors, and expressives.