Affirmative Cue Words in Task-Oriented Dialogue
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Affirmative Cue Words in Task-Oriented Dialogue
We present a series of studies of affirmative cue words—a family of cue words such as “okay” or “alright" that speakers use frequently in conversation. These words pose a challenge for spoken dialogue systems because of their ambiguity: They may be used for agreeing with what the interlocutor has said, indicating continued attention, or for cueing the start of a new topic, among other meanings....
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عنوان ژورنال: Computational Linguistics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0891-2017,1530-9312
DOI: 10.1162/coli_a_00083