While there is wide acknowledgement in NLP of the utility of document characterization by genre, it is quite difficult to determine a definitive set of features or even a comprehensive list of genres. This paper addresses both issues. First, with prototype semantics, we develop a hierarchical taxonomy of discourse functions. We implement the taxonomy by developing a new text genre corpus of con...

Communicative feedback refers to unobtrusive (usually short) vocal or bodily expressions whereby a recipient of information can inform a contributor of information about whether he/she is able and willing to communicate, perceive the information, and understand the information. This paper provides a theory for embodied communicative feedback, describing the different dimensions and features inv...

Abstract Multiple factors simultaneously interact during the writing process. The effect of these interacting must be considered if is studied as a dynamic and complex process that constantly changes. Based on premise, study aims to determine how interaction between reading medium communicative purpose task affects pauses different stages At same time, it seeks this related writer's competence....

Thanks to the ever-developing educational technologies, more and institutions testing organizations around world have been delivering their events through computer-based formats. As far as language assessment is concerned, these developments led questions on all sorts of validity being raised by researchers, especially regarding speaking skill. This exploratory paper compares contrasts pros con...

Protocol mediation enables interaction between communicating parties where there is a shared conceptual model of the intent and purpose of the communication, and where the mechanics of communication interaction vary. The communicating partners are using different protocols to achieve the same or similar ends. We present a description driven approach to protocol mediation which provides a more m...

Our goal is to create an “intelligent” 3D agent able to send complex, ‘natural’ messages to users and, in the future, to converse with them. We look at the relationship between the agent’s communicative intentions and the way that these intentions are expressed into verbal and nonverbal messages. In this paper, we concentrate on the study and generation of coordinated linguistic and gaze commun...

PURPOSE To examine patterns of sensory responsiveness (i.e., hyperresponsiveness, hyporesponsiveness, and sensory seeking) as factors that may account for variability in social-communicative symptoms of autism and variability in language, social, and communication skill development in children with autism or other developmental disabilities (DDs). METHOD Children with autistic disorder (AD; n...

In this paper we present the use of Statecharts for modeling the communicative behavior of a team involved in cooperative software design. Design episodes were previously represented using diagrams called Dynamics of Interaction Diagrams from which we have now drawn up a cooperative design activity model. The modeling activity itself led to the recognition of a number of underlying properties, ...