Theory and Practice in Discourse and Dialogue for Interactive Systems
 
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Class Reading (theory | practice) Assignm.
I. SYLLABUS
[1] September 7.
Role of Discourse and Dialogue in Interactive Technology
     
II. STRUCTURE OF DISCOURSE
[2] September 14.
General Structure of Discourse
- Brown & Yule (1983), Ch. 1
- Schiffrin (1994), Appendix 1
- Allen (1995), Ch. 2 (outline of English syntax)
- Grosz, Pollack, et al (1989) [ #1 ]
[3] September 21.
Reference
- Brown & Yule (1983), Ch. 2 & 6
- Dale (1992), pp 1-15
- [Fromkin & Rodman (1983), Ch. 6]
- Allen (1995), Ch. 14 (local discourse context and reference)  
[4] September 28.
What's New in What's Being Said
- Prince (1981)
- Chafe (1994), Ch. 13
- [Engdahl & Vallduvi (1994)]
- Hiyakumoto (1997)
- McKeown (1983)
[#2]
[5] October 5.
Paralinguistic Phenomena in Discourse (Gesture & Intonation)
- Cassell (1999)
- Pierrehumbert & Hirschberg (1990)
  (sections 1, 2 and 3)
- Chovil (1991)
- Buck (1991)
- Chovil & Fridlund (1991)
- [McNeill (1992), Ch.  1 & 2]
- Prevost (1996)
- Cassell, et al (2000)
 
October 12. OFF FOR HELL WEEK
III. STRUCTURE OF DIALOGUE
[6] October 19.
Intention & Purpose
- Levinson (1983), Ch 5. (speech acts)
- Grice (1989), Ch. 2
- Grosz & Sidner (1990)
- Rich & Sidner (1998)
-[ Lesh, et al (1998)]
-[Grosz & Sidner (1986)]
 [#3]
[7] October 26.
Initializing and Breaking out of Conversation
- Kendon (1990), Ch. 6 
- Levinson (1983), 6.1-6.2 (conversation analysis)
- Schegloff & Sacks (1973) 
- Cassell & Vilhjálmsson (1999)
- Jarmon CD-ROM (1996)
IV. STYLE AND GENRE
[8] November 2.
Turn-taking 
- Duncan (1974)
- Goodwin (1981), pp. 55-93
- Bavelas, et al  (1995)
- Torres, et al (1997)
- Nagao & Takeuchi (1994)
- [Pelachaud et al. (1994)] 
 [proposal]
[9] November 9.
Footing and Discourse Markers
- Goffman (1983), Ch. 3 
- Schiffrin (1987), Ch. 3 & 10 
- [Levinson (1988)]
- Moser & Moore (1995)
- Heeman et al. (1998)
[10] November 16.
Conversation as Social Action
- Brown & Levinson (1978), pp. 56-76
- Svennevig (1999), 2.2-2.3
- Pautler & Qulici (1998)
- Walker et al. (1996)
- Bickmore & Cassell (2000)
[#4]
November 23 - Thanksgiving
V. EVALUATION
[11][12] November 30.
Conversational Storytelling
Evaluating Language-Oriented Interactive Technologies
- Ervin-Tripp & Kuntay (1997)
- Jefferson (1978)
- [Polanyi (1989)]
- Walker et al. (1997)
- Dahlbäck et al. (1993)
- Don (1990)
- Cassell & Ryokai (1999)
- [Cassell, et al (2000)]
- Oviatt (1995)
 
[13] December 7.
Final Project Presentations
     
December 8.
Final Paper Due!
    [paper]