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A discourse production model for 'twenty questions' / Michael D. Fortescue.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fortescue, Michael D.
Series:
Pragmatics & beyond ; no. 2.
Pragmatics & beyond ; no. 2
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Discourse analysis.
Speech acts (Linguistics).
Twenty questions (Game).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (144 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Amsterdam : J. Benjamins, 1980.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This essay is an attempt to build up a plausible model of the cognitive processes behind the behavior exhibited by speaker-hearers in a specific discourse situation.
Contents:
A DISCOURSE PRODUCTION MODEL FOR 'TWENTY QUESTIONS'; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. INTERROGATIVES AND QUESTIONS - FORM VERSUS FUNCTION; 2. RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS & OTHER DISCOURSE ACTS; 3. INDIRECT REALIZATIONS OF DISCOURSE ACTS; 4. DISCOURSE ANALYSIS FOR 'TWENTY QUESTIONS'; GUESS; 5. FRAMES & DEMONS - AN APPROACH TO PROCEDURAL MODELLING; 6. MODELLING INDIVIDUAL GAME UTTERANCES; 7. STRATEGIES AND WIDER COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF THE MODEL; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES; APPENDIX 1. THE GAME RULES
APPENDIX 2: THE QUESTION STRATEGY FLOW DIAGRAMAPPENDIX 3. SAMPLE GAMES; GAME 1; GAME 2; GAME 3; GAME 4
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliography: p. [129]-131.
ISBN:
1-283-35984-7
9786613359841
90-272-8111-4
OCLC:
769342187

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