A classification of ellipsis based on a corpus of information seeking dialogues

Johnson, Frances C. (1994) A classification of ellipsis based on a corpus of information seeking dialogues. Information Processing and Management, 30 (3). pp. 315-325. ISSN 1873-5371

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Abstract

The standard classification of ellipsis has determined the way it is handled in natural language understanding (NLU) systems. This work provides a novel classification of ellipsis based on the analysis of ellipsis usage rather than forms in a corpus of information seeking dialogues. The aim is to demonstrate that pragmatic analysis is necessary for the interpretation of ellipsis. The context, in terms of the dialogue participants' belief states, determines interpretation and in turn the interpretation of subsequent utterances. The dialogues produced in a NLU system using this classification are presented.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2008 15:24
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Information processing and management, published by and copyright Elsevier.
Divisions:	Faculties > Arts and Humanities
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/23272
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-4573(94)90047-7
ISSN	1873-5371

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