Alignment in Interactive Reference Production: Content Planning, Modifier Ordering, and Referential Overspecification

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-289

  Goudbeek, Martijn ^a   Krahmer, Emiel ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Alignment; Content determination; Modifier orderings; Overspecification; Referring expressions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; SATISFACTION; SPEECH;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SPEECH; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84859705351     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01186.x     Document Type: Article

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