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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781430403321

Autore

Fortescue Michael D

Titolo

A discourse production model for 'twenty questions' [[electronic resource] /] / Michael D. Fortescue

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : J. Benjamins, 1980

ISBN

1-283-35984-7

9786613359841

90-272-8111-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond ; ; no. 2

Disciplina

793.7

Soggetti

Discourse analysis

Speech acts (Linguistics)

Twenty questions (Game)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. [129]-131.

Nota di contenuto

A DISCOURSE PRODUCTION MODEL FOR 'TWENTY QUESTIONS'; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; 1. INTERROGATIVES AND QUESTIONS - FORM VERSUS FUNCTION; 2. RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS & OTHER DISCOURSE ACTS; 3. INDIRECT REALIZATIONS OF DISCOURSE ACTS; 4. DISCOURSE ANALYSIS FOR 'TWENTY QUESTIONS'; GUESS; 5. FRAMES & DEMONS - AN APPROACH TO PROCEDURAL MODELLING; 6. MODELLING INDIVIDUAL GAME UTTERANCES; 7. STRATEGIES AND WIDER COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF THE MODEL; FOOTNOTES; REFERENCES; APPENDIX 1. THE GAME RULES

APPENDIX 2: THE QUESTION STRATEGY FLOW DIAGRAMAPPENDIX 3. SAMPLE GAMES; GAME 1; GAME 2; GAME 3; GAME 4

Sommario/riassunto

This essay is an attempt to build up a plausible model of the cognitive processes behind the behavior exhibited by speaker-hearers in a specific discourse situation.