Title :
Coherent analysis of argumentative discourse
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
R. Cohen (Computational Linguistics, vol.13, no.1-2, p.11-24, 1987) has described a model for the analysis of arguments that includes: (1) a theory of expected coherent structure, which is used to limit analysis to the reconstruction of particular transmission forms; (2) a theory of linguistic clues which assigns a functional interpretation to special words and phrases used by the speaker to indicate the structure of the argument; and (3) a theory of evidence relationships which includes the demand for pragmatic analysis to accommodate beliefs not currently held. The author summarizes the prescriptions for coherent analysis, with a view to their application in the translation of technical material
Keywords :
artificial intelligence; computational linguistics; language translation; natural languages; argumentative discourse; coherent analysis; evidence relationships; expected coherent structure; functional interpretation; linguistic clues; phrases; pragmatic analysis; technical material; translation; words; Computer science; Tree data structures;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Software and Applications Conference, 1988. COMPSAC 88. Proceedings., Twelfth International
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0873-0
DOI :
10.1109/CMPSAC.1988.17220
