An investigation into the correlation of cue phrases, unfilled pauses and the structuring of spoken discourse
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Expectations about the correlation of cue phrases, the duration of unfilled pauses and the structuring of spoken discourse are framed in light of Grosz and Sidner’s theory of discourse and are tested for a directions-giving dialogue. The results suggest that cue phrase and discourse structuring tasks may align, and show a correlation for pause length and some of the modifications that speakers can make to discourse structure.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- CoRR
دوره abs/cmp-lg/9511004 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1992