Scorekeeping in an uncertain language game
- Received views of utterance context in pragmatic theory characterize the occurrent subjective states of interlocutors using notions like common knowledge or mutual belief. We argue that these views are not compatible with the uncertainty and robustness of context-dependence in humanhuman dialogue. We present an alternative characterization of utterance context as objective and normative. This view reconciles the need for uncertainty with received intuitions about coordination and meaning in context, and can directly inform computational approaches to dialogue.
| Author details: | David DeVault, Matthew Stone |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-10448 |
| Publication type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Publication year: | 2006 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2006/11/10 |
| Source: | brandial'06 : Proceedings of the 10th workshop on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogue (SemDial-10) / ed. By David Schlangen ; Raquel Fernández. - Univ.-Verl. : Potsdam, 2006. - vii, 201 S. : Ill., graph. Darst. |
| RVK - Regensburg classification: | ER 300 |
| Organizational units: | Extern / Extern |
| DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
| Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Tagungsbände/Proceedings (nicht fortlaufend) / brandial’06 : Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogue (SemDial-10) |
| External remark: | Der Aufsatz ist erschienen in: brandial'06 : Proceedings of the 10th workshop on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogue (SemDial-10) / ed. By David Schlangen ; Raquel Fernández. - Univ.-Verl. : Potsdam, 2006. - vii, 201 S. : Ill., graph. Darst. ISBN 978-3-939469-29-2 
URN: urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-10484 Die Printausgabe kann beim Universitätsverlag Potsdam bestellt werden. |
