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Grammars with parsing dynamics: A new perspective on alignment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2004

Ruth Kempson
Ruth Kempson*
Affiliation:
Philosophy Department, King's College London, LondonWC2R 2LS, United Kingdomhttp://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/schools/hums/philosophy/top.html
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Abstract

This commentary argues that dialogue alignment can be explained if parsing-directed grammar formalisms are adopted. With syntax defined as monotonic growth of semantic representations as each word is parsed, alignment between interlocutors is shown to be expected. Hence, grammars can be evaluated according to relative success in characterizing dialogue phenomena.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , April 2004 , pp. 202 - 203
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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Notes

1. Modeling generation using the dynamic syntax framework constitutes ongoing research (Purver & Otsuka 2003).