Abduction, Belief and Context in Dialogue
Studies in Computational Pragmatics

This title delves into the world of pragmatics; of abduction and induction, and looks at topics such as context modelling, and an activity-based approach to pragmatics, as well as discourse focus tracking.

The ABC of computational pragmatics
an activity-based approach to pragmatics
dialogue pragmatics and context specification
pragmatics in language understanding and cognitively motivated architectures
dialogue analysis using layered protocols
coherence and structure in text and discourse
discourse focus tracking
speech act theory and epistemic planning
context and form - declarative or interrogative, that is the question
the doxastic-epistemic force of declarative utterances
a conceptual modelling approach to the implementation of beliefs and intentions
abduction and induction - a real distinction?
laconic discourses and total eclipses - abduction in DICE
abductive reasoning with knowledge bases for context modelling
abductive speech act recognition, corporate agents, and the COSMA system.