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Grammars with parsing dynamics: A new perspective on alignment.
1Philosophy Department, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom ruth.kempson@kcl.ac.uk http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/schools/hums/philosophy/top.html.
The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|February 5, 2008
Summary
Dialogue alignment is explained by adopting parsing-directed grammar formalisms. This approach defines syntax as growing semantic representations, making alignment between speakers expected and allowing grammar evaluation based on dialogue phenomena.
Area of Science:
- Computational Linguistics
- Cognitive Science
- Formal Semantics
Background:
- Dialogue alignment is a fundamental aspect of human conversation.
- Existing grammar formalisms struggle to adequately explain the mechanisms behind dialogue alignment.
- Understanding alignment is crucial for developing more sophisticated natural language processing systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a novel explanation for dialogue alignment using parsing-directed grammar formalisms.
- To demonstrate how syntactic processing can naturally lead to conversational alignment.
- To establish a framework for evaluating grammars based on their ability to model dialogue.
Main Methods:
- Adopting parsing-directed grammar formalisms where syntax is defined as the monotonic growth of semantic representations.
- Analyzing the process of word parsing and its impact on semantic representation.
- Developing a theoretical model linking syntactic parsing to dialogue alignment.
Main Results:
- Parsing-directed grammars provide a principled explanation for dialogue alignment.
- The monotonic growth of semantic representations during parsing naturally accounts for alignment between interlocutors.
- Grammars can be evaluated based on their success in characterizing observed dialogue phenomena.
Conclusions:
- Parsing-directed grammar formalisms offer a robust framework for understanding dialogue alignment.
- This approach integrates syntactic processing with semantic interpretation to explain conversational coordination.
- The proposed framework facilitates the empirical evaluation of grammars in the context of natural dialogue.