“Powerful Stuff” — Discourse Processing
Social and Cognitive Aspects of Content Development in Conversation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20377451 |
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| Authors | Richard Hirsch (Linköping University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 65-84 |
| Publication date | 1992-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nordic Journal of Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0332-5865 • E-ISSN: 1502-4717 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0332586500002493 |
| OpenAlex | W2138768420 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
In this article it is demonstrated how verbal and non-verbal expressions, i.e. speech and gestures, interact to convey social and cognitive information in an excerpt taken from a conversational discussion. The theoretical framework for the article is that of information processing. Within this framework, verbal and non-verbal expressions in the conversation are characterized as discourse operations which develop and refine information in a generative search in analogy with an AI production system. The discourse operations function as underspecified instructions that in interaction with given information states generate new information states in search of a desired information state
Analogy · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Conversation · Generative grammar · Gesture · Information processing · Linguistics · Communication · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Linguistic research and analysis · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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