Identifying justifications in written dialogs by classifying text as argumentative

International Journal of Semantic Computing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 363-381

  Biran, O R ^a   Rambow, Owen ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

argumentation; discourse; Justification; online media; written dialog

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

ARGUMENTATION; DISCOURSE; JUSTIFICATION; ONLINE MEDIA; WRITTEN DIALOG;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 84883414766     PISSN: 1793351X     EISSN: 17937108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793351X11001328     Document Type: Article

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