This paper propo~s a reversible architecture to handle not orily syntactic and semantic information but also pragmatic information. • I Existing architectures cannot represent pragmatic informatioil explicitly, and lack reasoning capability;given insufficient information. I argue that the techniques of plan representation and approximate reasoning are, in the enhanced argumentation system propo...

Zusammenfassung Nahezu inflationär erschallt insbesondere in krisenhaften Zeiten der Ruf nach Haltung. Eng geführt, als performativer Haltungsbegriff, kann von Krisen, denen Routinen versagen, „Haltung zeigen“ Handlung verstanden werden, die Orientierung gibt. Haltungen zeigen sich jedoch nicht ausschließlich einer spezifischen Situation, einem finalen Moment, alle versagen. In Diskussion Ulric...

Intersentential elliptical utterances occur frequently during information-seeking dialogs in task domains. This paper presents a pragmatics-based framework for interpreting such utterances. Discourse expectations and focusing heuristics are used to facilitate recognition of an information-seeker's intent in uttering an elliptical fragment. The ellipsis is comprehended by identifying both the as...

Research on L2 learners’ success at development and appropriate use of pragmatic ability and knowledge has mostly approached the issue from a cognitive or social perspective, and less attention has been devoted to the problem from the equally important emotional or individual-psychological lenses. This study sought to explore, first, the interplay between Iranian advanced EFL learners’ pragmati...