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Logics of Conversation (Studies in Natural Language Processing) Paperback – June 30, 2005

by Nicholas Asher (Author), Alex Lascarides (Author)

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ISBN-13: 978-0521659512 ISBN-10: 0521659515

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People often mean more than they say. Grammar on its own is typically insufficient for determining the full meaning of an utterance; the assumption that the discourse is coherent or 'makes sense' has an important role to play in determining meaning as well. Logics of Conversation presents a dynamic semantic framework called Segmented Discourse Representation Theory, or SDRT, where this interaction between discourse coherence and discourse interpretation is explored in a logically precise manner. Combining ideas from dynamic semantics, commonsense reasoning and speech act theory, SDRT uses its analysis of rhetorical relations to capture intuitively compelling implicatures. It provides a computable method for constructing these logical forms and is one of the most formally precise and linguistically grounded accounts of discourse interpretation currently available. The book will be of interest to researchers and students in linguistics and in philosophy of language.

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Series: Studies in Natural Language Processing
Paperback: 552 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 30, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521659515
ISBN-13: 978-0521659512
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.7 x 1.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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'This study presents a dynamic semantic framework called Segmented Discourse Representation Theory ... where the interaction between discourse coherence and discourse interpretation is explored in a logically precise manner.' Studia Logica

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Logics of Conversation presents a dynamic semantic framework called Segmented Discourse Representation Theory, or SDRT, where the interaction between discourse coherence and discourse interpretation is explored in a logically precise manner.

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Good textbook for SDRT

By Jeruen E. Dery on January 12, 2008

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This book is the latest output for Segmented Discourse Representation Theory. It deals with the formal model of discourse and dialogue. Things are a bit hard to grasp at first, if one has no background in formal semantics. But I believe this is a good attempt in formalizing human language in this model.

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