The Literal Goal and Discourse Purpose Of Referring

Citation

Kronfeld, A. (1988). The literal goal and discourse purpose of referring. SRI International.

Abstract

The view of communication intentions originates with Grice’s analysis of the concept of meaning.  But much research in computational linguists though obviously influenced by Grice, has nevertheless stressed the role of intention and goal recognition in discourse, quite independently of a theory of meaning.


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