Automatic intention recognition in conversation processing

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 627-645

  Holtgraves, Thomas ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation comprehension; Intention recognition; Relevance theory; Speech act theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749170525     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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