Multi-speaker utterances and co-ordination in task-oriented dialogue

@article{citeulike:1002187, abstract = {We investigate task-oriented dialogue where utterances are produced by several agents. Starting out from an example where a directive is initiated by one agent and completed by the addressee, we explain under which conditions co-ordinations of this type can be successful. The explanatory devices developed are `action schema' and `sufficiently informative proposition'. We argue that propositions embedded in directives must be sufficiently informative for an agent to execute a task-relevant action. We further suggest that agents' co-ordination on sufficiently informative propositions may be taken as a measure of co-ordination in dialogue. Using this idea, we show how co-ordination in a full task-oriented dialogue develops. Finally, we demonstrate that agents' "pointwise" co-ordination can be explained using Asher-Morreau defeasible inference, a version of the Lascarides-Asher Practical Syllogism (PS), as well as additional principles such as a Co-operativity Principle and a Principle of Transparency, saying `Make assumed conformity of interests and intentions publicly known'. Our proposals would entail that any theory of dialogue would have to be based on co-ordination; in addition, the proposals would have repercussions on the notions of proposition, mutuality, and common ground.}, author = {Poncin, Kristina and Rieser, Hannes }, booktitle = {Focus-on Issue: Linguistic Theory and Pragmatics}, citeulike-article-id = {1002187}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2005.06.013}, journal = {Journal of Pragmatics}, keywords = {coordination-games, dialogue, pragmatics, problem-solving}, month = {May}, number = {5}, pages = {718--744}, posted-at = {2006-12-19 19:21:37}, priority = {5}, title = {Multi-speaker utterances and co-ordination in task-oriented dialogue}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2005.06.013}, volume = {38}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1002187 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1002187 N2 - We investigate task-oriented dialogue where utterances are produced by several agents. Starting out from an example where a directive is initiated by one agent and completed by the addressee, we explain under which conditions co-ordinations of this type can be successful. The explanatory devices developed are `action schema' and `sufficiently informative proposition'. We argue that propositions embedded in directives must be sufficiently informative for an agent to execute a task-relevant action. We further suggest that agents' co-ordination on sufficiently informative propositions may be taken as a measure of co-ordination in dialogue. Using this idea, we show how co-ordination in a full task-oriented dialogue develops. Finally, we demonstrate that agents' "pointwise" co-ordination can be explained using Asher-Morreau defeasible inference, a version of the Lascarides-Asher Practical Syllogism (PS), as well as additional principles such as a Co-operativity Principle and a Principle of Transparency, saying `Make assumed conformity of interests and intentions publicly known'. Our proposals would entail that any theory of dialogue would have to be based on co-ordination; in addition, the proposals would have repercussions on the notions of proposition, mutuality, and common ground. IS - 5 JF - Journal of Pragmatics EP - 744 TI - Multi-speaker utterances and co-ordination in task-oriented dialogue VL - 38 T2 - Focus-on Issue: Linguistic Theory and Pragmatics SP - 718 KW - coordination-games KW - dialogue KW - pragmatics KW - problem-solving AU - Poncin, Kristina AU - Rieser, Hannes PY - 2006/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2005.06.013 ER -