Book contents
- Indirect Speech Acts
- Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
- Indirect Speech Acts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Tables
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Classic Speech Act Theoretic Approaches
- 2 The Semantics of Sentence-Types
- 3 Cognitive and Relevance-Based Approaches
- 4 The Comprehension of ISAs
- 5 Indirectness, Politeness and the Social Context
- 6 Computational and Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Indirectness
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Index
6 - Computational and Artificial Intelligence Approaches toIndirectness
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 May 2021
- Indirect Speech Acts
- Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
- Indirect Speech Acts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Tables
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Classic Speech Act Theoretic Approaches
- 2 The Semantics of Sentence-Types
- 3 Cognitive and Relevance-Based Approaches
- 4 The Comprehension of ISAs
- 5 Indirectness, Politeness and the Social Context
- 6 Computational and Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Indirectness
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter illustrates how computational models of ISA disambiguation havebeen improved and eventually applied to human-like robots in dailyinteractions, taking into account contextual parameters such as uncertaintyabout a speaker's intentions, hierarchical status and politenessexpectations.
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- Indirect Speech Acts , pp. 181 - 197Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021