Lunch with Richard Asher

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ASHER and ALEX LASCARIDES INDIRECT SPEECH ACTS

In this paper, we address several puzzles concerning speech acts, particularly indirect speech acts. We show how a formal semantic theory of discourse interpretation can be used to define speech acts and to avoid murky issues concerning the metaphysics of action. We provide a formally precise definition of indirect speech acts, including the subclass of so-called conventionalized indirect speec...

An Interview with Richard

[Introduction: Richard Stockton MacNeish, known to friends and colleagues as “Scotty,” was born April 29, 1918. His name has become synonymous with research into the origins of agriculture. He was educated at the University of Chicago, from which he received his Ph.D. in 1949, and focused on the prehistory of Mesoamerica. Employed by the Canadian government from 1949 to 1962, he administered it...

No Free Lunch with the Sandwich

In nonlinear regression theory, the sandwich estimator of the covariance matrix of the model parameters is known as a consistent estimator, even when the parameterized model does not contain the regression. However, in the latter case, we emphasize the fact that the consistency of the sandwich holds only if the inputs of the training set are the values of independent identically distributed ran...

Free Lunch

In the world of digital imaging and digitisation the current ubiquity of large proprietary brands can sometimes be seen as a hindrance when considering embarking on a digitisation project. Within digitisation, the issue of digital preservation is a constant reminder of the vulnerability of our digital assets and it is possibly this ubiquity of proprietary software and formats that is seen as be...