Mandarin utterance-final particle ba in the conversational scoreboard

Mandarin utterance-final particle ba in the conversational scoreboar

(Non)maximality and Distributivity: A Decision Theory Approach

Theory (DT) to give a formal definition of relevance in its application to questions. In his analysis, questions are inherently underspecified or vague (1)

The meaning of vague definites: a Decision-Theoretic approach. *

Abstract In this paper, I am concerned with two mutually motivating goals. The empirical goal is to demonstrate that definite plurals are expressions whose interpretation requires an approach that incorporates goals of the speaker and hearer. The theoretical goal is to contribute to the development of a mathematical model of pragmatic reasoning involved in interpretation of vague utterances. I propose a Decision-Theoretic approach to vague definites in a variety of linguistic and situational contexts, and examine interaction of pragmatic and lexical cues to resolving vagueness

The meaning of plural definites: A decision-theoretic approach

This paper has two mutually motivating goals. The empirical goal is to demonstrate that definite plurals are expressions whose interpretation requires an approach that incorporates the goals of the speaker and hearer. The theoretical goal is to contribute to the development of a mathematical model of the pragmatic reasoning involved in the interpretation of underspecified utterances. I propose a decision-theoretic approach in which alternative interpretations of underspecified expressions are built up compositionally, and the resulting interpretation is the disjunction of maximally optimal alternatives. For definite plurals, this derives the correct interpretations in a variety of linguistic and situational contexts based on pragmatic and lexical cues. http://dx.doi.org/10.3765/sp.5.3 <a href="http://semantics-online.org/sp-bib/malamud-2012-article.bib">BibTeX info</a

Non-Topical Coherence in Social Talk: A Call for Dialogue Model Enrichment – Live Version

Live version of the 2020 ACL SRW paper with the same name (https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/2020.acl-srw.17) This makes our lives simpler; for example, we basically no longer need https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/info/corrections/

Annotating Coherence Relations for Studying Topic Transitions in Social Talk – Live Version

Live version of the 2020 LAW paper with the same name (https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/2020.law-1.17) This makes our lives simpler; for example, we basically no longer need https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/info/corrections/