Helpful Answers To Modal And Hypothetical Questions
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This paper describes a computational pragmatic model which is geared towards providing helpful answers to modal and hypothetical questions. The work brings together elements from fonna l . semantic theories on modality m~d question answering, defines a wkler, pragmatically flavoured, notion of answerhood based on non-monotonic inference aod develops a notion of context, within which aspects of more cognitively oriented theories, such as Relevance Theory, can be accommodated. The model has been inlplemented. The research was fundexl by ESRC grant number R000231279.
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تاریخ انتشار 1991