subject:( Conversational)

University of Edinburgh

1. Schoolfield, Matthew D. Rationality and Conversation: A Thesis on Grice’s Theory of Conversation.

Degree: 2007, University of Edinburgh

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1918

► H. P. Grice first presented his theory of conversational implicature in “Logic and Conversation.” This theory is comprised of conversational maxims that are based on… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Conversational implicature; Cooperative Principle; Philosophy; Conversational maxims

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Schoolfield, M. D. (2007). Rationality and Conversation: A Thesis on Grice’s Theory of Conversation. (Thesis). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1918

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Schoolfield, Matthew D. “Rationality and Conversation: A Thesis on Grice’s Theory of Conversation.” 2007. Thesis, University of Edinburgh. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1918.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Schoolfield, Matthew D. “Rationality and Conversation: A Thesis on Grice’s Theory of Conversation.” 2007. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Schoolfield MD. Rationality and Conversation: A Thesis on Grice’s Theory of Conversation. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2007. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1918.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Schoolfield MD. Rationality and Conversation: A Thesis on Grice’s Theory of Conversation. [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2007. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1918

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Georgia

2. Ma, Qian. Enabling a multi-party conversational virtual agent through head and mouth motion tracking.

Degree: MS, Computer Science, 2010, University of Georgia

URL: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/ma_qian_201012_ms

► Conversational gaze behavior is an important component of an embodied conversational agent (ECA). Without proper conversational gaze, conversational agents may be less persuasive, emotive, and… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Embodied conversational agent

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Ma, Q. (2010). Enabling a multi-party conversational virtual agent through head and mouth motion tracking. (Masters Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/ma_qian_201012_ms

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Ma, Qian. “Enabling a multi-party conversational virtual agent through head and mouth motion tracking.” 2010. Masters Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/ma_qian_201012_ms.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ma, Qian. “Enabling a multi-party conversational virtual agent through head and mouth motion tracking.” 2010. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Ma Q. Enabling a multi-party conversational virtual agent through head and mouth motion tracking. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Georgia; 2010. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/ma_qian_201012_ms.

Council of Science Editors:

Ma Q. Enabling a multi-party conversational virtual agent through head and mouth motion tracking. [Masters Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2010. Available from: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/ma_qian_201012_ms

University of Edinburgh

3. Dolan Geraghty, Kathleen. Conversational Modifications and Feedback in NS-NS and NS-NNS Children's Interactions.

Degree: 2007, University of Edinburgh

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1941

► This study investigates task and interlocutor effects on feedback in children's interaction. Children were assigned to NS-NS (n=6 pairs) and NS-NNS (n=7 pairs) pairs and… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: English language; linguistics; conversational modification

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Dolan Geraghty, K. (2007). Conversational Modifications and Feedback in NS-NS and NS-NNS Children's Interactions. (Thesis). University of Edinburgh. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1941

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Dolan Geraghty, Kathleen. “Conversational Modifications and Feedback in NS-NS and NS-NNS Children's Interactions.” 2007. Thesis, University of Edinburgh. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1941.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Dolan Geraghty, Kathleen. “Conversational Modifications and Feedback in NS-NS and NS-NNS Children's Interactions.” 2007. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Dolan Geraghty K. Conversational Modifications and Feedback in NS-NS and NS-NNS Children's Interactions. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2007. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1941.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Dolan Geraghty K. Conversational Modifications and Feedback in NS-NS and NS-NNS Children's Interactions. [Thesis]. University of Edinburgh; 2007. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1941

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Georgia

4. Humphreys, Laura Rose. Understanding differences in conversational memory: a comparison of close friends and strangers.

Degree: MA, Speech Communication, 2003, University of Georgia

URL: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/humphreys_laura_r_200308_ma

► This thesis seeks to examine the processes of conversational memory after interactions with strangers and close others. Several studies have considered conversational memory, but this… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Conversational Memory

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Humphreys, L. R. (2003). Understanding differences in conversational memory: a comparison of close friends and strangers. (Masters Thesis). University of Georgia. Retrieved from http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/humphreys_laura_r_200308_ma

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Humphreys, Laura Rose. “Understanding differences in conversational memory: a comparison of close friends and strangers.” 2003. Masters Thesis, University of Georgia. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/humphreys_laura_r_200308_ma.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Humphreys, Laura Rose. “Understanding differences in conversational memory: a comparison of close friends and strangers.” 2003. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Humphreys LR. Understanding differences in conversational memory: a comparison of close friends and strangers. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. University of Georgia; 2003. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/humphreys_laura_r_200308_ma.

Council of Science Editors:

Humphreys LR. Understanding differences in conversational memory: a comparison of close friends and strangers. [Masters Thesis]. University of Georgia; 2003. Available from: http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/humphreys_laura_r_200308_ma

5. Sugiyama, Hiroaki. Building Open-domain Conversational Agent by Statistical Learning with Various Large-scale Corpora : 大規模多種コーパスの統計学習に基づく雑談対話エージェントの開発; ダイキボタシュコーパスノトウケイガクシュウニモトズクザツダンタイワエージェントノカイハツ.

Degree: 博士(工学), 2016, Nara Institute of Science and Technology / 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10061/11016

Subjects/Keywords: Conversational systems

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Sugiyama, H. (2016). Building Open-domain Conversational Agent by Statistical Learning with Various Large-scale Corpora : 大規模多種コーパスの統計学習に基づく雑談対話エージェントの開発; ダイキボタシュコーパスノトウケイガクシュウニモトズクザツダンタイワエージェントノカイハツ. (Thesis). Nara Institute of Science and Technology / 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10061/11016

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Sugiyama, Hiroaki. “Building Open-domain Conversational Agent by Statistical Learning with Various Large-scale Corpora : 大規模多種コーパスの統計学習に基づく雑談対話エージェントの開発; ダイキボタシュコーパスノトウケイガクシュウニモトズクザツダンタイワエージェントノカイハツ.” 2016. Thesis, Nara Institute of Science and Technology / 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10061/11016.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Sugiyama, Hiroaki. “Building Open-domain Conversational Agent by Statistical Learning with Various Large-scale Corpora : 大規模多種コーパスの統計学習に基づく雑談対話エージェントの開発; ダイキボタシュコーパスノトウケイガクシュウニモトズクザツダンタイワエージェントノカイハツ.” 2016. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Sugiyama H. Building Open-domain Conversational Agent by Statistical Learning with Various Large-scale Corpora : 大規模多種コーパスの統計学習に基づく雑談対話エージェントの開発; ダイキボタシュコーパスノトウケイガクシュウニモトズクザツダンタイワエージェントノカイハツ. [Internet] [Thesis]. Nara Institute of Science and Technology / 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10061/11016.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Sugiyama H. Building Open-domain Conversational Agent by Statistical Learning with Various Large-scale Corpora : 大規模多種コーパスの統計学習に基づく雑談対話エージェントの開発; ダイキボタシュコーパスノトウケイガクシュウニモトズクザツダンタイワエージェントノカイハツ. [Thesis]. Nara Institute of Science and Technology / 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10061/11016

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of North Texas

6. Edwards, Jonathan Ryan. Directions Toward a “Happy Place”: Metaphor in Conversational Discourse.

Degree: 2011, University of North Texas

URL: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103311/

► This paper aims to show how people use and understand metaphorical language in conversational discourse. Specifically, I examine how metaphorical language has the potential to… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Metaphor; discourse analysis; conversational analysis

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Edwards, J. R. (2011). Directions Toward a “Happy Place”: Metaphor in Conversational Discourse. (Thesis). University of North Texas. Retrieved from https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103311/

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Edwards, Jonathan Ryan. “Directions Toward a “Happy Place”: Metaphor in Conversational Discourse.” 2011. Thesis, University of North Texas. Accessed December 06, 2019. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103311/.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Edwards, Jonathan Ryan. “Directions Toward a “Happy Place”: Metaphor in Conversational Discourse.” 2011. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Edwards JR. Directions Toward a “Happy Place”: Metaphor in Conversational Discourse. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of North Texas; 2011. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103311/.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Edwards JR. Directions Toward a “Happy Place”: Metaphor in Conversational Discourse. [Thesis]. University of North Texas; 2011. Available from: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc103311/

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Queens University

7. Pishva, Rana. The Impact of Violation of Linguistic Expectations on Children's Perceptions of Helpfuless, Knowledgeability and Information Seeking Behaviour .

Degree: Psychology, 2010, Queens University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6109

► When seeking information, children expect informants to provide information that is congruent with their knowledge and to use conventional labels. Violations of these linguistic expectations… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Information Seeking; Conversational Maxims

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Pishva, R. (2010). The Impact of Violation of Linguistic Expectations on Children's Perceptions of Helpfuless, Knowledgeability and Information Seeking Behaviour . (Thesis). Queens University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6109

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Pishva, Rana. “The Impact of Violation of Linguistic Expectations on Children's Perceptions of Helpfuless, Knowledgeability and Information Seeking Behaviour .” 2010. Thesis, Queens University. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6109.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Pishva, Rana. “The Impact of Violation of Linguistic Expectations on Children's Perceptions of Helpfuless, Knowledgeability and Information Seeking Behaviour .” 2010. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Pishva R. The Impact of Violation of Linguistic Expectations on Children's Perceptions of Helpfuless, Knowledgeability and Information Seeking Behaviour . [Internet] [Thesis]. Queens University; 2010. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6109.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Pishva R. The Impact of Violation of Linguistic Expectations on Children's Perceptions of Helpfuless, Knowledgeability and Information Seeking Behaviour . [Thesis]. Queens University; 2010. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6109

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Kentucky

8. Maginnis, Jennifer Ann. TEXTING IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS: THE USE OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN CONVERSATION.

Degree: 2011, University of Kentucky

URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/147

► The following study used politeness theory to explore the impact of simultaneously engaging in a face to face conversation and a text message conversation. Specifically… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Politeness Theory; Text Messaging; Conversational Expectations; Conversational Appropriateness; Communication

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Maginnis, J. A. (2011). TEXTING IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS: THE USE OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN CONVERSATION. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Kentucky. Retrieved from https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/147

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Maginnis, Jennifer Ann. “TEXTING IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS: THE USE OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN CONVERSATION.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Kentucky. Accessed December 06, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/147.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Maginnis, Jennifer Ann. “TEXTING IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS: THE USE OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN CONVERSATION.” 2011. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Maginnis JA. TEXTING IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS: THE USE OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN CONVERSATION. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Kentucky; 2011. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/147.

Council of Science Editors:

Maginnis JA. TEXTING IN THE PRESENCE OF OTHERS: THE USE OF POLITENESS STRATEGIES IN CONVERSATION. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Kentucky; 2011. Available from: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/147

University of Plymouth

9. Aga, Birgitte. Prototyping relational things that talk : a discursive design strategy for conversational AI systems.

Degree: PhD, 2019, University of Plymouth

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/14730

► This practice-based research inquiry explores the implications of conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, 'relational things that talk', on the way people experience the world. It… (more)

▼ This practice-based research inquiry explores the implications of conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, 'relational things that talk', on the way people experience the world. It responds directly to the pervasive lack of ethical design frameworks for commercial AI systems, compounded by limited transparency, ubiquitous authority, embedded bias and the absence of diversity in the development process. The effect produced by relational things that talk upon the feelings, thoughts or intentions of the user is here defined as the 'perlocutionary effect' of conversational AI systems. This effect is constituted by these systems' 'relationality' and 'persuasiveness', propagated by the system's embedded bias and 'hybrid intentions', relative to a user's susceptibility. The proposition of the perlocutionary effect frames the central practice of this thesis and the contribution to new knowledge which manifests as four discursive prototypes developed through a participatory method. Each prototype demonstrates the factors that constitute and propagate the perlocutionary effect. These prototypes also function as instruments which actively engage participants in a counter-narrative as a form of activism. 'This Is Where We Are' (TIWWA), explores the persuasiveness and relationality of relational things powered through AI behavioural algorithms and directed by pools of user data. 'Emoti-OS', iterates the findings from TIWWA and analyses the construction of relationality through simulated affect, personality and collective (artificial) emotional intelligence. 'Women Reclaiming AI' (WRAI), demonstrates stereotyping and bias in commercial conversational AI developments. The last prototype, 'The Infinite Guide', synthesises and tests the findings from the three previous prototypes to substantiate the overall perlocutionary effect of conversational AI system. In so doing, this inquiry proposes the appropriation of relational things that talk as a discursive design strategy, extended with a participatory method, for new forms of cultural expression and social action, which activate people to demand more ethical AI systems.

Subjects/Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Conversational AI; Conversational Systems; Chatbots; Discursive Design

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Aga, B. (2019). Prototyping relational things that talk : a discursive design strategy for conversational AI systems. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Plymouth. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/14730

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Aga, Birgitte. “Prototyping relational things that talk : a discursive design strategy for conversational AI systems.” 2019. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Plymouth. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/14730.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Aga, Birgitte. “Prototyping relational things that talk : a discursive design strategy for conversational AI systems.” 2019. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Aga B. Prototyping relational things that talk : a discursive design strategy for conversational AI systems. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Plymouth; 2019. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/14730.

Council of Science Editors:

Aga B. Prototyping relational things that talk : a discursive design strategy for conversational AI systems. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Plymouth; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/14730

Cornell University

10. Munguia, Lucia. SPEAKER-ORIENTED CONVERSATIONAL SURPRISE AND CONVERSATIONAL EXPECTATIONS .

Degree: 2019, Cornell University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/67452

► This dissertation sketches a theory of expected conversational roles. An expected conversational role (ECR) is the trajectory you expect a person will take when contributing… (more)

▼ This dissertation sketches a theory of expected conversational roles. An expected conversational role (ECR) is the trajectory you expect a person will take when contributing to a conversation about a certain topic. ECRs are used to explain instances of surprise that arise in response to what people say. I distinguish Content Directed Surprise (surprise about the content of an utterance) from Speaker-Oriented Conversational Surprise (surprise that a particular person has said what they have said). We see the latter in, say, a sexist math professor’s surprise that a young woman has given a correct answer. Here the object of his surprise is not her answer (content he knows), but that she had it. Instances of speaker-oriented conversational surprise occur when an ECR is violated (since ECRs amount to beliefs about what people might, could, and should add to conversation). I draw attention to two familiar ways we form them. ECRs are formed through practicing what we will say to certain people given certain subject matters (e.g., in medical ethics some have written guidelines for practitioners’ future participation in difficult conversations like those delivering negative prognoses or aimed at garnering consent for a risky operation). ECRs are also passively formed via tacit beliefs we come to have about people based on their social identity (here I appeal to research in social epistemology about the morally and politically relevant ways that prejudice arises in us and can shape the credibility assessments we make of others). Last, I give an account of the normative profile of instances of speaker-oriented conversational surprise. This account distinguishes the assessment from the phenomenological charge of an instance of speaker-oriented conversational surprise. The assessment reflects how an utterance has violated expectations while the phenomenological charge reflects the personal importance this violation carries for the subject of speaker-oriented conversational surprise. Advisors/Committee Members: Markovits, Julia (committeeMember), Manne, Kate A. (committeeMember).

Subjects/Keywords: Philosophy; Conversational Expectations; Conversational Roles; Discourse Roles; Surprise

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Munguia, L. (2019). SPEAKER-ORIENTED CONVERSATIONAL SURPRISE AND CONVERSATIONAL EXPECTATIONS . (Thesis). Cornell University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1813/67452

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Munguia, Lucia. “SPEAKER-ORIENTED CONVERSATIONAL SURPRISE AND CONVERSATIONAL EXPECTATIONS .” 2019. Thesis, Cornell University. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1813/67452.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Munguia, Lucia. “SPEAKER-ORIENTED CONVERSATIONAL SURPRISE AND CONVERSATIONAL EXPECTATIONS .” 2019. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Munguia L. SPEAKER-ORIENTED CONVERSATIONAL SURPRISE AND CONVERSATIONAL EXPECTATIONS . [Internet] [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2019. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/67452.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Munguia L. SPEAKER-ORIENTED CONVERSATIONAL SURPRISE AND CONVERSATIONAL EXPECTATIONS . [Thesis]. Cornell University; 2019. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/67452

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Univerzitet u Beogradu

11. Perić, Marko D., 1986-. Kontekstualistički odgovori skeptiku: konverzacioni mehanizmi promene epistemičkih standarda.

Degree: Filozofski fakultet, 2018, Univerzitet u Beogradu

URL: https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:19103/bdef:Content/get

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Filozofija - Epistemologija / Philosophy - Epistemology

Ovaj rad bavi se jednom od najaktuelnijih i najznačajnijih tema savremene epistemologije – kontekstualističkim rešenjem problema skepticizma. Konverzacioni… (more)

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Filozofija - Epistemologija / Philosophy - Epistemology

Ovaj rad bavi se jednom od najaktuelnijih i najznačajnijih tema savremene epistemologije – kontekstualističkim rešenjem problema skepticizma. Konverzacioni kontekstualizam je epistemološko stanovište konstruisano radi objašnjenja mogućnosti ispravnog pripisivanja znanja saznajnim subjektima, uprkos radikalnim skeptičkim argumentima i hipotezama o sistematskoj obmani. Pored toga, konverzacioni kontekstualizam je istovremeno i pokušaj da se analizira i objasni veoma širok spektar različitih upotreba termina „znanje“ u svakodnevnom jeziku, s obzirom na različitost konverzacionih konteksta u kojima se taj termin koristi. Glavni predmet ovog rada jeste detaljna analiza problema koji se tiče mehanizama promene standarda za pripisivanje znanja, kao osnove za razjašnjenje kontekstualističkog odgovora skepticizmu. Posebna pažnja je usmerena na asimetriju koja se javlja između mehanizama za povišavanje i snižavanje standarda za pripisivanje znanja. Jedna od glavnih teza koju kontekstualisti zastupaju je da su mehanizmi povišavanja epistemičkih standarda ključni za objašnjenje načina na koji skeptički argumenti dobijaju na ubedljivosti i odakle crpe svoju snagu. Međutim, u objavljenim radovima na temu kontekstualizma, vrlo je malo reči o mehanizmima za snižavanje epistemičkih standarda u okviru konverzacionih konteksta. Jedna od glavnih tema kojima se rad bavi jeste upravo analiza mehanizama za snižavanje epistemičkih standarda kao ključnog koraka u pokušaju da se (svakodnevno) znanje sačuva od skeptičkih prigovora. U uvodnom poglavlju izlažu se osnovne postavke konverzacionog kontekstualizma. Razmatraju se najznačajnije razlike između kontekstualizma i nekih drugih tzv. varijantističkih pozicija, sa jedne strane, kao i klasičnih invarijantističkih teorija, sa druge strane. Takođe, izlaže se podela kontekstualističkih teorija s obzirom na nekoliko najznačajnijih kriterijuma. Najpre se analizira podela kontekstualističkih teorija s obzirom na kontekst u odnosu na koji se vrši procena istinitosnih vrednosti saznajnih tvrdnji, a zatim i u odnosu na mehanizam kojim se vrši promena standarda za pripisivanje znanja. U poslednjem odeljku autor eksplicira osnovnu ideju skepticizma, razmatrajući jedan od glavnih tipova skeptičkih argumenata. Drugo poglavlje bavi se problemom deduktivne zatvorenosti znanja. Princip prenošenja znanja putem implikacije predstavlja jedan od ključnih koraka u skeptičkoj argumentaciji, kojom se dovodi u pitanje naše svakodnevno znanje. Autor izlaže različita rešenja skeptičkog paradoksa, a zatim detaljno analizira podelu kontekstualističkih teorija s obzirom na odnos prema pomenutom principu. U zavisnosti od toga da li za osnovu uzimaju teoriju relevantnih alternativa ili teoriju protivčinjeničkih kondicionalnih iskaza, neke kontekstualističke teorije odbacuju princip deduktivne zatvorenosti znanja, dok ga druge prihvataju uz fiksiranost konverzacionog konteksta. Treće poglavlje je najznačajniji deo rada. U njemu se definišu epistemički standardi za…

Advisors/Committee Members: Lazović, Živan, 1958-.

Subjects/Keywords: conversational contextualism; skepticism; epistemic standards; conversational mechanisms for contextual shifts; conversational mechanisms for lowering of the epistemic standards

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APA (6^th Edition):

Perić, Marko D., 1. (2018). Kontekstualistički odgovori skeptiku: konverzacioni mehanizmi promene epistemičkih standarda. (Thesis). Univerzitet u Beogradu. Retrieved from https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:19103/bdef:Content/get

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Perić, Marko D., 1986-. “Kontekstualistički odgovori skeptiku: konverzacioni mehanizmi promene epistemičkih standarda.” 2018. Thesis, Univerzitet u Beogradu. Accessed December 06, 2019. https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:19103/bdef:Content/get.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Perić, Marko D., 1986-. “Kontekstualistički odgovori skeptiku: konverzacioni mehanizmi promene epistemičkih standarda.” 2018. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Perić, Marko D. 1. Kontekstualistički odgovori skeptiku: konverzacioni mehanizmi promene epistemičkih standarda. [Internet] [Thesis]. Univerzitet u Beogradu; 2018. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:19103/bdef:Content/get.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Perić, Marko D. 1. Kontekstualistički odgovori skeptiku: konverzacioni mehanizmi promene epistemičkih standarda. [Thesis]. Univerzitet u Beogradu; 2018. Available from: https://fedorabg.bg.ac.rs/fedora/get/o:19103/bdef:Content/get

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University of Nairobi

12. Munyiva, Mbithi N. Automated Customer Support With Conversational Agents Employing Text Mining: A Case of online University Application .

Degree: 2014, University of Nairobi

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11295/95050

► The use of online information systems that can be and are accessed on a 24 hour basis has continued to grow both locally and globally,… (more)

▼ The use of online information systems that can be and are accessed on a 24 hour basis has continued to grow both locally and globally, these systems require available customer support at all times. Customer support is services that assist customers to make cost effective and correct use of products or services; it is divided into voice-based and non-voice based. Requests received by support personnel are routine in nature and their numbers surpass the staff employed to handle them hence organizations need to device mechanisms of automating customer support to ensure available staff deal with requests that have been escalated due to their uniqueness as opposed the routine ones; thereby enhancing productivity and reducing staff related costs and improving the response times. This study demonstrates automation of customer support, through design and development of an automated customer support system that uses the online university application as a case study. The system employs conversational agents (CA) which are computer systems that are intended to converse with human beings. The demonstrated CA use classification algorithms specifically Naive Bayes (NB) algorithm and Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) to categorize the emails received. The developed application can process and respond to 500 emails in 3 minutes, while support personnel can handle the same in approximately 5000 minutes, hence demonstrating its applicability in possibly reducing staff costs and improving response times. A comparative analysis of responses generated was performed on a subset of the sample support emails to determine the accuracy of the application as compared to the customer support personnel. NB algorithm was found to have an error rate of 88 percent while LSI was found to have an accuracy of 74%. Further evaluation conducted on the algorithms resulted in LSI accuracy 0.89 and FScore 0.94 while NB accuracy 0.94 and F-Score 0.96. The study recommends that any future studies to study the improvement of accuracy of the NB classifier and system enhancement to be able to handle multi- part emails.

Subjects/Keywords: Automated Customer Support With Conversational Agents

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Munyiva, M. N. (2014). Automated Customer Support With Conversational Agents Employing Text Mining: A Case of online University Application . (Thesis). University of Nairobi. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11295/95050

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Munyiva, Mbithi N. “Automated Customer Support With Conversational Agents Employing Text Mining: A Case of online University Application .” 2014. Thesis, University of Nairobi. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11295/95050.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Munyiva, Mbithi N. “Automated Customer Support With Conversational Agents Employing Text Mining: A Case of online University Application .” 2014. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Munyiva MN. Automated Customer Support With Conversational Agents Employing Text Mining: A Case of online University Application . [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Nairobi; 2014. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11295/95050.

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Munyiva MN. Automated Customer Support With Conversational Agents Employing Text Mining: A Case of online University Application . [Thesis]. University of Nairobi; 2014. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11295/95050

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Southern California

13. Lee, Jina. Modeling nonverbal behaviors for virtual agents.

Degree: PhD, Computer Science, 2012, University of Southern California

URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/199967/rec/4134

► Virtual agents are autonomous software characters that support face-to-face interactions with human users. They are capable of understanding human input (i.e. speech, text input) and… (more)

▼ Virtual agents are autonomous software characters that support face-to-face interactions with human users. They are capable of understanding human input (i.e. speech, text input) and automatically generating responses that are adaptive to the context of the interaction. By communicating through verbal and nonverbal channels (i.e. behaviors without words), virtual agents can support meaningful social interactions with human users. ❧ One of the main goals in virtual agent research is to emulate how humans interact face-to-face. While traditional human-agent interaction was mainly accomplished through speech or text, with the emergence of better graphical representation and control over the virtual agent's embodiment, communication through nonverbal behaviors has become an active research area. However, nonverbal behavior is complex, involving many different behaviors, such as facial expressions, arm gestures, and gaze movements. There is also a complex mapping between nonverbal behaviors and their impact on communication (the communicative functions) and this creates a great challenge in the task of behavior authoring for virtual agents. ❧ The central goal of this research is to explore ways to derive models that automatically generate nonverbal behaviors and can thereby greatly facilitate behavior authoring. In this research, two major approaches to provide computational frameworks for generating nonverbal behaviors are explored: a literature-based approach and a machine learning approach. The former approach encodes the findings of psychological research into a set of rules, which is validated and prioritized through additional video analysis. The framework developed from this work has been incorporated within a growing number of different virtual agent systems. The machine learning approach focuses on learning the patterns of speaker behaviors, including head nods and eyebrow movements, as well as the behaviors of people with different characteristics (i.e. different job roles and behavioral traits). The objective evaluations show that the probabilistic models learned on a subgroup of people achieved better learning performance and the subjective evaluation study shows that the characteristics of the subgroups of people learned by the models can be carried through their generated behaviors. ❧ This research contributes to the development of virtual agents by facilitating the behavior authoring process, providing comparisons of different approaches for modeling nonverbal behaviors that has not been studied extensively before, and understanding the discrepancies between the behavior modeling process and the perception of the behaviors through evaluation studies with human subjects. Advisors/Committee Members: Marsella, Stacy C. (Committee Chair), Gratch, Jonathan (Committee Member), Read, Stephen J. (Committee Member), Tambe, Milind (Committee Member).

Subjects/Keywords: nonverbal behavior; virtual agents; embodied conversational agents

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APA (6^th Edition):

Lee, J. (2012). Modeling nonverbal behaviors for virtual agents. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/199967/rec/4134

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lee, Jina. “Modeling nonverbal behaviors for virtual agents.” 2012. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/199967/rec/4134.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lee, Jina. “Modeling nonverbal behaviors for virtual agents.” 2012. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Lee J. Modeling nonverbal behaviors for virtual agents. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2012. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/199967/rec/4134.

Council of Science Editors:

Lee J. Modeling nonverbal behaviors for virtual agents. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2012. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll3/id/199967/rec/4134

McMaster University

14. Lake, Johanna K. The Uses of Conversational Speech in Measuring Language Performance and Predicting Behavioural and Emotional Problems.

Degree: PhD, 2010, McMaster University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/19000

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Challenges to the diagnostic accuracy of standardized tests of language can make the utility of these measures on their own, problematic. Consequently, this research… (more)

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Challenges to the diagnostic accuracy of standardized tests of language can make the utility of these measures on their own, problematic. Consequently, this research program uses tools of conversational analysis to study the speech of preschoolers and young adults. In the first of three studies we examine, from a purely data-driven approach, how conversational measures relate to one another and compare with WPPSI-III expressive and receptive vocabulary scores in assessing preschoolers' language. Mean length of utterance (MLU) was found to be the only conversation measure strongly related to WPPSI-III language scores. However, other conversation measures constituted reasonably stable factors that may have utility for children's language assessment. The second study uses the same sample of children to investigate what features of language best predict behavioural and emotional problems and whether conversation measures provide better prediction of these symptoms than standardized scores. Results indicated that conversation measures of language significantly improved prediction of Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL C-TRF) DSM-oriented and syndrome scales beyond that accounted for by WPPSI GLC scores. Finally, the third study uses conversational analysis to study the role of disfluencies in the speech of young adults with and without autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) to determine whether these features of speech serve listener or speaker-oriented functions. Individuals with ASD were observed to produce fewer filled pause words (ums and uhs) and revisions than controls, but more silent pauses. Filled-pause words, therefore, appear to be listener-oriented features of speech. Taken together, findings of this program of research highlight the importance of using conversational analysis as an alternative or in addition to standardized tests of language as well as inform what specific measures of language are best suited for this purpose.

Thesis

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Advisors/Committee Members: Humphreys, Karin R., Psychology.

Subjects/Keywords: speech; language; emotional; conversational; problems; symptoms

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Lake, J. K. (2010). The Uses of Conversational Speech in Measuring Language Performance and Predicting Behavioural and Emotional Problems. (Doctoral Dissertation). McMaster University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11375/19000

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Lake, Johanna K. “The Uses of Conversational Speech in Measuring Language Performance and Predicting Behavioural and Emotional Problems.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, McMaster University. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11375/19000.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Lake, Johanna K. “The Uses of Conversational Speech in Measuring Language Performance and Predicting Behavioural and Emotional Problems.” 2010. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Lake JK. The Uses of Conversational Speech in Measuring Language Performance and Predicting Behavioural and Emotional Problems. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. McMaster University; 2010. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/19000.

Council of Science Editors:

Lake JK. The Uses of Conversational Speech in Measuring Language Performance and Predicting Behavioural and Emotional Problems. [Doctoral Dissertation]. McMaster University; 2010. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/19000

Queen Mary, University of London

15. Narasimhan, Kavin Preethi. Computational proxemics : simulation-based analysis of the spatial patterns of conversational groups.

Degree: PhD, 2016, Queen Mary, University of London

URL: http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/23843 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.703322

► In real-world conversational groups, interactants adjust their body position and orientation relative to one another in order to see and hear clearly. We use an… (more)

▼ In real-world conversational groups, interactants adjust their body position and orientation relative to one another in order to see and hear clearly. We use an agent-based modelling approach to compare alternative models for simulating the spatial patterns of conversational groups. The models are based on simple rules that control the movement, positioning, and orientation behaviour of individual agents, which in turn leads to the emergence of agent clusters. We identify which model alternative produces agent clusters with characteristics typical of real-world conversational groups. The centroid-based approach, where agents readjust their position and orientation with respect to the group centroid point, is a commonly used method to simulate conversational groups, but has not been empirically validated. This thesis replicates, evaluates, and validates the centroid-based model in a systematic way. Another model, where agents perform positional-orientational readjustments to see as many neighbours as possible within a 180 field of view, called the field-of-view approach is proposed, implemented, evaluated, and validated. Analysis of the spatial patterns of conversational groups has hitherto mostly relied on visual verification. We, novelly, use a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods to analyse the spatial patterns of conversational groups. Evaluations show that the field of- view model and centroid-based model produce agent clusters with significantly different social, spatial, and temporal characteristics. Validation is performed using a dataset which captures the spatial behaviour of 21 participants for the entire duration of a party. This validation shows that the characteristics of agent clusters resulting from the field-of-view model most closely reflects the characteristics of real-world conversational groups. We also show that a local neighbourhood influence works better than an extended neighbourhood influence to simulate conversational groups. The influence of objects in the environment on the spatial patterns of agent clusters are also discussed.

Subjects/Keywords: 006.3; Computational Proxemics; agent clusters; conversational groups

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Narasimhan, K. P. (2016). Computational proxemics : simulation-based analysis of the spatial patterns of conversational groups. (Doctoral Dissertation). Queen Mary, University of London. Retrieved from http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/23843 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.703322

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Narasimhan, Kavin Preethi. “Computational proxemics : simulation-based analysis of the spatial patterns of conversational groups.” 2016. Doctoral Dissertation, Queen Mary, University of London. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/23843 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.703322.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Narasimhan, Kavin Preethi. “Computational proxemics : simulation-based analysis of the spatial patterns of conversational groups.” 2016. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Narasimhan KP. Computational proxemics : simulation-based analysis of the spatial patterns of conversational groups. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Queen Mary, University of London; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/23843 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.703322.

Council of Science Editors:

Narasimhan KP. Computational proxemics : simulation-based analysis of the spatial patterns of conversational groups. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Queen Mary, University of London; 2016. Available from: http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/23843 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.703322

16. Hultegård, Åsa. Samspel mellan barn med nedsatt kommunikationsförmåga och olika samspelspartners.

Degree: Faculty of Health Sciences, 2011, Linköping UniversityLinköping University

URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-73144

► Introduktion Alla samtal karaktäriseras av en önskan att förstå varandra och av ett samarbete för att nå dit. Det är välkänt att samtal mellan… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: AKK; Conversational Analysis; Tecken; Kommunikativa funktionshinder

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Hultegård, �. (2011). Samspel mellan barn med nedsatt kommunikationsförmåga och olika samspelspartners. (Thesis). Linköping UniversityLinköping University. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-73144

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Hultegård, Åsa. “Samspel mellan barn med nedsatt kommunikationsförmåga och olika samspelspartners.” 2011. Thesis, Linköping UniversityLinköping University. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-73144.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hultegård, Åsa. “Samspel mellan barn med nedsatt kommunikationsförmåga och olika samspelspartners.” 2011. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Hultegård �. Samspel mellan barn med nedsatt kommunikationsförmåga och olika samspelspartners. [Internet] [Thesis]. Linköping UniversityLinköping University; 2011. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-73144.

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Council of Science Editors:

Hultegård �. Samspel mellan barn med nedsatt kommunikationsförmåga och olika samspelspartners. [Thesis]. Linköping UniversityLinköping University; 2011. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-73144

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University of New South Wales

17. Hsu, Yi-Chen. Affective interfaces of embodied conversational agents: studies of hardware and character interfaces.

Degree: Design Studies, 2011, University of New South Wales

URL: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/51797 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:10464/SOURCE02?view=true

► This research aims to investigate existing approaches to development and designguidelines of affective interfaces in relation to Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs)from the perspective of technology,… (more)

▼ This research aims to investigate existing approaches to development and designguidelines of affective interfaces in relation to Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs)from the perspective of technology, psychology and design. It also asks whether theaffective influences of ECAs differ across the various devices used to display thesecharacters. This research conducted two surveys to investigate the affective interactionsbetween users and agents. The first hardware interface experiment explores the emotionalinfluences of ECAs and user-agent relationships when ECAs are applied to computersand portable devices. The second character interface experiment studies the affectiveinfluences of ECAs on users in the learning tasks. The thesis asks whether there aresignificant experiential differences between ECAs when they are represented by differenthardware interfaces and character classifications, such as emotional influences, characterpreference, user engagement and user-agent relationships. This research followed designguidelines that enabled the exploration of existing research and my own originalexperiments into the practical use of multi-agent in the context of a language learningwebsite. I argue that the user is always at the centre of any ECA design, and thereforeneeds to be at the centre of any design process. The thesis discusses some concepts fordeveloping agent interfaces with more positive affective influences for the completion oflearning tasks.The main contributions of this research are summarised as follows: (1) the hardwareinterfaces of ECAs have a distinct relationship to the affective responses of users,including emotional influences and user-agent relationships, (2) character classificationscan be related to human affective factors, such as character preference, user engagementand user-agent relationships, and (3) there are significant relations that need to beaccounted for among character preference, engagement and user-agent relationships. Advisors/Committee Members: Harley, Ross, Media Arts, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Xu, Fang, Design Studies, College of Fine Arts, UNSW.

Subjects/Keywords: Affective influences; Embodied conversational agents; Agent interfaces

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APA (6^th Edition):

Hsu, Y. (2011). Affective interfaces of embodied conversational agents: studies of hardware and character interfaces. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of New South Wales. Retrieved from http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/51797 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:10464/SOURCE02?view=true

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Hsu, Yi-Chen. “Affective interfaces of embodied conversational agents: studies of hardware and character interfaces.” 2011. Doctoral Dissertation, University of New South Wales. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/51797 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:10464/SOURCE02?view=true.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Hsu, Yi-Chen. “Affective interfaces of embodied conversational agents: studies of hardware and character interfaces.” 2011. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Hsu Y. Affective interfaces of embodied conversational agents: studies of hardware and character interfaces. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of New South Wales; 2011. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/51797 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:10464/SOURCE02?view=true.

Council of Science Editors:

Hsu Y. Affective interfaces of embodied conversational agents: studies of hardware and character interfaces. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of New South Wales; 2011. Available from: http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/51797 ; https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/fapi/datastream/unsworks:10464/SOURCE02?view=true

University of Missouri – Columbia

18. Montgomery, Brian Alan. A new defense of the knowledge norm of assertion.

Degree: 2012, University of Missouri – Columbia

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10355/15185

► [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Recent work in both the philosophy of language and epistemology has relied on the premise… (more)

▼ [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Recent work in both the philosophy of language and epistemology has relied on the premise that there is a norm of assertion, that there are certain epistemic conditions that a speaker must meet vis-à-vis her asserted proposition before it would be epistemically permissible for her to assert it. Perhaps the most well-known and most widely accepted norm is the knowledge norm of assertion [KNA], which holds that knowledge of p is necessary for an epistemically permissible assertion of p. However, within the last few years, KNA has faced a number of criticisms and alternate proposed norms. My dissertation attempts to do two things: first to clarify what is at issue in the debate and explain why it matter, and second to produce a new defense of KNA. In my first chapter, I examine what kinds of norms are at issue in the debate over epistemic normativity. Although the participants in the norms of assertion debate frequently refer to certain statements as “epistemically permissible”, little attention is ever given to defining what this term means. In this chapter I attempt to show that this kind of normativity differs from the sort of epistemic normativity that has been the focus of traditional epistemology, because the latter takes beliefs as its object and the former takes the speech act of assertion as its object. As I argue, doxastic norms (he first sense of the term 'epistemic norm') is grounded in rationality, while the other kind of normativity (which I dub 'assertive norms') that we are left with is identical to Paul Grice's supermaxim of quality. In this way, our sense of 'epistemic normativity' reduces to one aspect of the conversational norms that Grice examined in his “Logic and Conversation”. Of course, this move is only valid so long as there is no bridge principle between belief and assertion, so I then turn my attention to arguing, contra Timothy Williamson and others, that there is no principle that allows us to move directly from one to the other. In my second chapter I turn my attention to the claim that certain rules are constitutive of the act of assertion. As I argue, the kind of constitutivity invoked by Williamson in his argument for KNA differs from other approaches to constitutive rules (i.e. those offered by John Searle and David Lewis) in that it does not provide us with necessary conditions for performing an action. Instead the Williamsonian concept provides us with governing norms that differentiate permissible and impermissible ways of performing actions. I then examine what it means for an assertion to be permissible in Williamson's sense versus all-things-considered permissible. As I argue, this distinction allows us to bypass a common objection to KNA, to wit that there are permissible assertions where the speaker fails to know the asserted contents. In my third chapter, I offer a new argument for KNA. I argue that KNA is a composite norm composed of various subnorms that match the traditional conditions for knowledge.… Advisors/Committee Members: McGrath, Matthew (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: epistemology; norm of assertion; normativity; conversational partners

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Montgomery, B. A. (2012). A new defense of the knowledge norm of assertion. (Thesis). University of Missouri – Columbia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10355/15185

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Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Montgomery, Brian Alan. “A new defense of the knowledge norm of assertion.” 2012. Thesis, University of Missouri – Columbia. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/15185.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Montgomery, Brian Alan. “A new defense of the knowledge norm of assertion.” 2012. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Montgomery BA. A new defense of the knowledge norm of assertion. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Missouri – Columbia; 2012. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10355/15185.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Montgomery BA. A new defense of the knowledge norm of assertion. [Thesis]. University of Missouri – Columbia; 2012. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10355/15185

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

University of Southern California

19. Si, Mei. Thespian: a decision-theoretic framework for interactive narratives.

Degree: PhD, Computer Science, 2010, University of Southern California

URL: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/339595/rec/7434

► With the rapid development of computer technology, a new form of media – interactive narrative has received increasing attention. Interactive narrative allows the user to… (more)

▼ With the rapid development of computer technology, a new form of media – interactive narrative has received increasing attention. Interactive narrative allows the user to participate in a dynamically unfolding story, by playing a character or by exerting directorial control. By allowing the user to interact, interactive narrative provides a richer and potentially more engaging experience than traditional narrative. Moreover, because different choices of the user lead to different paths through the story, the author of interactive narrative can tailor the experience for the user or user groups.; The design of interactive narrative faces many challenges. The central challenge comes from the integration of interactivity into the narrative. Instead of presenting one well-crafted static story, the author has to design the characters' behaviors along many paths through the story in response to possible user interactions. The amount of work can easily overwhelm an author.; In this thesis, I present a multi-agent approach to modeling and simulating interactive narrative, implemented as the Thespian framework. Thespian utilizes a two-layer runtime system to drive the characters' interactions with the user. At the base is a multi-agent system comprised of goal-oriented autonomous agents that realize the characters in the story. Above this layer is a proactive director agent that continuously monitors the progress of the story and directs the characters toward the author's plot design goals. In addition to the two-layer runtime system, Thespian contains offline authoring procedures to facilitate the author in configuring the characters.; The evaluation of the Thespian framework has been performed at different levels. Various components within Thespian have been individually evaluated or validated. In addition, Thespian's generality in practice for authoring a range of stories has been demonstrated through its many applications in different domains. Advisors/Committee Members: Marsella, Stacy (Committee Chair), Gratch, Jonathan (Committee Member), Tambe, Milind (Committee Member), Miller, Lynn Carol (Committee Member).

Subjects/Keywords: interactive narrative; conversational agent; mulit-agent system

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Si, M. (2010). Thespian: a decision-theoretic framework for interactive narratives. (Doctoral Dissertation). University of Southern California. Retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/339595/rec/7434

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Si, Mei. “Thespian: a decision-theoretic framework for interactive narratives.” 2010. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Southern California. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/339595/rec/7434.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Si, Mei. “Thespian: a decision-theoretic framework for interactive narratives.” 2010. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Si M. Thespian: a decision-theoretic framework for interactive narratives. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/339595/rec/7434.

Council of Science Editors:

Si M. Thespian: a decision-theoretic framework for interactive narratives. [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Southern California; 2010. Available from: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll127/id/339595/rec/7434

University of Missouri – Columbia

20. Montgomery, Brian Alan. A new defense of the knowledge norm of assertion.

Degree: 2012, University of Missouri – Columbia

URL: https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/15185

► [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Recent work in both the philosophy of language and epistemology has relied on the premise… (more)

▼ [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Recent work in both the philosophy of language and epistemology has relied on the premise that there is a norm of assertion, that there are certain epistemic conditions that a speaker must meet vis-a-vis her asserted proposition before it would be epistemically permissible for her to assert it. Perhaps the most well-known and most widely accepted norm is the knowledge norm of assertion [KNA], which holds that knowledge of p is necessary for an epistemically permissible assertion of p. However, within the last few years, KNA has faced a number of criticisms and alternate proposed norms. My dissertation attempts to do two things: first to clarify what is at issue in the debate and explain why it matter, and second to produce a new defense of KNA. In my first chapter, I examine what kinds of norms are at issue in the debate over epistemic normativity. Although the participants in the norms of assertion debate frequently refer to certain statements as "epistemically permissible", little attention is ever given to defining what this term means. In this chapter I attempt to show that this kind of normativity differs from the sort of epistemic normativity that has been the focus of traditional epistemology, because the latter takes beliefs as its object and the former takes the speech act of assertion as its object. As I argue, doxastic norms (he first sense of the term 'epistemic norm') is grounded in rationality, while the other kind of normativity (which I dub 'assertive norms') that we are left with is identical to Paul Grice's supermaxim of quality. In this way, our sense of 'epistemic normativity' reduces to one aspect of the conversational norms that Grice examined in his "Logic and Conversation". Of course, this move is only valid so long as there is no bridge principle between belief and assertion, so I then turn my attention to arguing, contra Timothy Williamson and others, that there is no principle that allows us to move directly from one to the other. In my second chapter I turn my attention to the claim that certain rules are constitutive of the act of assertion. As I argue, the kind of constitutivity invoked by Williamson in his argument for KNA differs from other approaches to constitutive rules (i.e. those offered by John Searle and David Lewis) in that it does not provide us with necessary conditions for performing an action. Instead the Williamsonian concept provides us with governing norms that differentiate permissible and impermissible ways of performing actions. I then examine what it means for an assertion to be permissible in Williamson's sense versus all-things-considered permissible. As I argue, this distinction allows us to bypass a common objection to KNA, to wit that there are permissible assertions where the speaker fails to know the asserted contents. In my third chapter, I offer a new argument for KNA. I argue that KNA is a composite norm composed of various subnorms that match the traditional conditions for knowledge.… Advisors/Committee Members: McGrath, Matthew (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: epistemology; norm of assertion; normativity; conversational partners

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Montgomery, B. A. (2012). A new defense of the knowledge norm of assertion. (Thesis). University of Missouri – Columbia. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/15185

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Montgomery, Brian Alan. “A new defense of the knowledge norm of assertion.” 2012. Thesis, University of Missouri – Columbia. Accessed December 06, 2019. https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/15185.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Montgomery, Brian Alan. “A new defense of the knowledge norm of assertion.” 2012. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Montgomery BA. A new defense of the knowledge norm of assertion. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Missouri – Columbia; 2012. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/15185.

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Council of Science Editors:

Montgomery BA. A new defense of the knowledge norm of assertion. [Thesis]. University of Missouri – Columbia; 2012. Available from: https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/15185

Note: this citation may be lacking information needed for this citation format:
Not specified: Masters Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation

Northeastern University

21. Ramesh, Hridya. Context aware conversational agent for flight search.

Degree: MS, Computer Science Program, 2017, Northeastern University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20253512

► The Conversational Agents of today cannot indulge in a continuous conversation with a human due to the Conversational Agents inability to infer and apply context… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: conversational agents; context modeling; flight search

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Ramesh, H. (2017). Context aware conversational agent for flight search. (Masters Thesis). Northeastern University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20253512

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Ramesh, Hridya. “Context aware conversational agent for flight search.” 2017. Masters Thesis, Northeastern University. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20253512.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Ramesh, Hridya. “Context aware conversational agent for flight search.” 2017. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Ramesh H. Context aware conversational agent for flight search. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Northeastern University; 2017. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20253512.

Council of Science Editors:

Ramesh H. Context aware conversational agent for flight search. [Masters Thesis]. Northeastern University; 2017. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/2047/D20253512

22. Smith, Cameron G. Cognitive aspects of embodied conversational agents.

Degree: PhD, 2013, Teesside University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10149/301618

► Embodied Conversational Agents (ECA) seek to provide a more natural means of interaction for a user through conversation. ECA build on the dialogue abilities of… (more)

▼ Embodied Conversational Agents (ECA) seek to provide a more natural means of interaction for a user through conversation. ECA build on the dialogue abilities of spoken dialogue systems with the provision of a physical or virtual avatar. The rationale for this Thesis is that an ECA should be able to support a form of conversation capable of understanding both the content and affect of the dialogue and providing a meaningful response. The aim is to examine the cognitive aspects of ECA attempting such conversational dialogue in order to augment the abilities of dialogue management. The focus is on the provision of cognitive functions, outside of dialogue control, for managing the relationship with the user including the user’s emotional state. This will include a definition of conversation and an examination of the cognitive mechanisms that underpin meaningful conversation. The scope of this Thesis considers the development of a Companion ECA, the ‘How Was Your Day’ (HWYD) Companion, which enters into an open conversation with the user about the events of their day at work. The HWYD Companion attempts to positively influence the user’s attitude to these events. The main focus of this Thesis is on the Affective Strategy Module (ASM) which will attend to the information covering these events and the user’s emotional state in order to generate a plan for a narrative response. Within this narrative response the ASM will embed a means of influence acting upon the user’s attitude to the events. The HYWD Companion has contributed to the work on ECA through the provision of a system engaging in conversational dialogue including the affective aspects of such dialogue. This supports open conversation with longer utterances than typical task-oriented dialogue systems and can handle user interruptions. The main work of this Thesis provides a major component of this overall contribution and, in addition, provides a specific contribution of its own with the provision of narrative persuasion.

Subjects/Keywords: 004; embodied conversational agent; conversational dialogue; affective dialogue; persuasive dialogue; dialogue; planning

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Smith, C. G. (2013). Cognitive aspects of embodied conversational agents. (Doctoral Dissertation). Teesside University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10149/301618

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Smith, Cameron G. “Cognitive aspects of embodied conversational agents.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Teesside University. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10149/301618.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Smith, Cameron G. “Cognitive aspects of embodied conversational agents.” 2013. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Smith CG. Cognitive aspects of embodied conversational agents. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Teesside University; 2013. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10149/301618.

Council of Science Editors:

Smith CG. Cognitive aspects of embodied conversational agents. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Teesside University; 2013. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10149/301618

23. Smith, Cameron G. Cognitive aspects of embodied conversational agents.

Degree: PhD, 2013, Teesside University

URL: https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/a2cd31a3-3508-4f25-b082-71a4227acb42 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.582072

► Embodied Conversational Agents (ECA) seek to provide a more natural means of interaction for a user through conversation. ECA build on the dialogue abilities of… (more)

▼ Embodied Conversational Agents (ECA) seek to provide a more natural means of interaction for a user through conversation. ECA build on the dialogue abilities of spoken dialogue systems with the provision of a physical or virtual avatar. The rationale for this Thesis is that an ECA should be able to support a form of conversation capable of understanding both the content and affect of the dialogue and providing a meaningful response. The aim is to examine the cognitive aspects of ECA attempting such conversational dialogue in order to augment the abilities of dialogue management. The focus is on the provision of cognitive functions, outside of dialogue control, for managing the relationship with the user including the user’s emotional state. This will include a definition of conversation and an examination of the cognitive mechanisms that underpin meaningful conversation. The scope of this Thesis considers the development of a Companion ECA, the ‘How Was Your Day’ (HWYD) Companion, which enters into an open conversation with the user about the events of their day at work. The HWYD Companion attempts to positively influence the user’s attitude to these events. The main focus of this Thesis is on the Affective Strategy Module (ASM) which will attend to the information covering these events and the user’s emotional state in order to generate a plan for a narrative response. Within this narrative response the ASM will embed a means of influence acting upon the user’s attitude to the events. The HYWD Companion has contributed to the work on ECA through the provision of a system engaging in conversational dialogue including the affective aspects of such dialogue. This supports open conversation with longer utterances than typical task-oriented dialogue systems and can handle user interruptions. The main work of this Thesis provides a major component of this overall contribution and, in addition, provides a specific contribution of its own with the provision of narrative persuasion.

Subjects/Keywords: 004; embodied conversational agent; conversational dialogue; affective dialogue; persuasive dialogue; dialogue; planning

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Smith, C. G. (2013). Cognitive aspects of embodied conversational agents. (Doctoral Dissertation). Teesside University. Retrieved from https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/a2cd31a3-3508-4f25-b082-71a4227acb42 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.582072

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Smith, Cameron G. “Cognitive aspects of embodied conversational agents.” 2013. Doctoral Dissertation, Teesside University. Accessed December 06, 2019. https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/a2cd31a3-3508-4f25-b082-71a4227acb42 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.582072.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Smith, Cameron G. “Cognitive aspects of embodied conversational agents.” 2013. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Smith CG. Cognitive aspects of embodied conversational agents. [Internet] [Doctoral dissertation]. Teesside University; 2013. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/a2cd31a3-3508-4f25-b082-71a4227acb42 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.582072.

Council of Science Editors:

Smith CG. Cognitive aspects of embodied conversational agents. [Doctoral Dissertation]. Teesside University; 2013. Available from: https://research.tees.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/a2cd31a3-3508-4f25-b082-71a4227acb42 ; https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.582072

24. Claudio Torres de Moraes. Modelo de maturidade de conversacional : um estudo preliminar.

Degree: 2011, Universidade Católica de Brasilia

URL: http://www.bdtd.ucb.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1538

►

É a partir do entendimento de que as conversas ou conversações representam para o ser humano, a forma de se comunicar e de interagir no… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: conversação; maturidade; comunicação nas organizações; gestão do conhecimento; CIENCIA DA INFORMACAO; maturity model; conversational competence; conversational maturity model; CIENCIA DA INFORMACAO

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Moraes, C. T. d. (2011). Modelo de maturidade de conversacional : um estudo preliminar. (Masters Thesis). Universidade Católica de Brasilia. Retrieved from http://www.bdtd.ucb.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1538

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Moraes, Claudio Torres de. “Modelo de maturidade de conversacional : um estudo preliminar.” 2011. Masters Thesis, Universidade Católica de Brasilia. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://www.bdtd.ucb.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1538.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Moraes, Claudio Torres de. “Modelo de maturidade de conversacional : um estudo preliminar.” 2011. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Moraes CTd. Modelo de maturidade de conversacional : um estudo preliminar. [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Universidade Católica de Brasilia; 2011. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://www.bdtd.ucb.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1538.

Council of Science Editors:

Moraes CTd. Modelo de maturidade de conversacional : um estudo preliminar. [Masters Thesis]. Universidade Católica de Brasilia; 2011. Available from: http://www.bdtd.ucb.br/tede/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1538

25. Furtado, Joana Leichsenring. A piada e a narrativa conversacional de cariz humorístico : um breve estudo comparativo .

Degree: 2016, Universidade Aberta

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/5510

► O Humor é uma das bases da interação social humana e, por conseguinte, uma parte importante das relações que os indivíduos de uma sociedade estabelecem… (more)

▼ O Humor é uma das bases da interação social humana e, por conseguinte, uma parte importante das relações que os indivíduos de uma sociedade estabelecem uns com os outros, utilizando-o com as mais variadas intenções. A presente dissertação tem como objetivo analisar nos dois subgéneros narrativos humorísticos - a Piada e a Narrativa Conversacional de Cariz Humorístico - as semelhanças e as diferenças na construção das suas estruturas, na utilização das estratégias interacionais usadas pelos interlocutores durante as interações, bem como alguns elementos avaliativos que traduzem as reações dos intervenientes perante as narrativas ouvidas. Na primeira parte, procedemos à referência das principais linhas teóricas que norteiam o tema do presente trabalho. Neste âmbito, referenciamos os quadros teóricos como o de Raskin (1985) e o de Morais (2010), tendo este último sido utilizado como ferramenta base nas nossas análises. Na segunda parte, analisámos Piadas e Narrativas Conversacionais de Cariz Humorístico, uns retirados do Corpus Morais (2010), outros de um Corpus por nós criado (Furtado (2014)). A partir desta análise constatou-se que (i) a estrutura tanto da Piada como da Narrativa Conversacional de Cariz Humorístico se constrói de forma muito semelhante; (ii) o Ataque na Narrativa Conversacional de Cariz Humorístico se assemelha em muito ao Ataque da Piada; (iii) que o modo como o locutor constrói a Orientação e a Ação na Piada é, de um modo geral, fixo; (iv) que ambos os géneros narrativos contêm formas de qualificação dos enunciados muito semelhantes; (v) que o trigger das Piadas opõe sempre duas ideias distintas, conforme o preconizado por Raskin; (vi) que tanto nas Piadas como nas Narrativas Conversacionais de Cariz Humorístico os interlocutores necessitam de partilhar os mesmos conhecimentos prévios para que o objetivo final do locutor seja alcançado, isto é, o riso. Advisors/Committee Members: Morais, Armindo (advisor), Seara, Isabel (advisor).

Subjects/Keywords: Coversação narrativa; Língua portuguesa; Humor; Piada; Análise do discurso; Enunciação; Análise conversacional; Conversational humour; Joke; Humourous conversational narratives; Dimension analyses

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Furtado, J. L. (2016). A piada e a narrativa conversacional de cariz humorístico : um breve estudo comparativo . (Masters Thesis). Universidade Aberta. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/5510

Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Furtado, Joana Leichsenring. “A piada e a narrativa conversacional de cariz humorístico : um breve estudo comparativo .” 2016. Masters Thesis, Universidade Aberta. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/5510.

MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Furtado, Joana Leichsenring. “A piada e a narrativa conversacional de cariz humorístico : um breve estudo comparativo .” 2016. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Furtado JL. A piada e a narrativa conversacional de cariz humorístico : um breve estudo comparativo . [Internet] [Masters thesis]. Universidade Aberta; 2016. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/5510.

Council of Science Editors:

Furtado JL. A piada e a narrativa conversacional de cariz humorístico : um breve estudo comparativo . [Masters Thesis]. Universidade Aberta; 2016. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/5510

Queens University

26. Latif, Nida. Back and Forth: Prediction and Interactive Alignment in Conversation .

Degree: Psychology, Queens University

URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/15375

► On a daily basis, we engage in multiple conversations with others that seem to occur effortlessly. Despite this apparent ease, the cognitive processes involved in… (more)

▼ On a daily basis, we engage in multiple conversations with others that seem to occur effortlessly. Despite this apparent ease, the cognitive processes involved in conversation are complex. The challenges associated with conversation include comprehending our partner while simultaneously planning our own contributions and ensuring that what we say is appropriate to the conversational context. The paradoxical ease of this cognitively demanding activity suggests that we may employ a specialized mechanism when engaging in conversation. This dissertation investigates two potential processes that may be involved during social interaction: conversational prediction and alignment. Chapters 2 and 3 of this thesis investigate the perceptual conditions that are necessary for making predictions during conversation. In particular, we investigate how the availability of information influences how we are able to predict a turn exchange during conversation. We present findings that demonstrate that perceivers can predict upcoming turn exchange behavior between two talkers. Further, we suggest that auditory and visual cues serve distinct roles in the predictive processes involved in conversation. Chapters 4, 5 and 6 investigate behavioral alignment in social interaction. In general, it has been shown that conversing talkers align several aspects of their behavior. Talkers have independently been shown to become similar in linguistic attributes such as the words they use and nonlinguistic attributes such as their movement patterns during an interaction. Here, our findings demonstrate that talkers, in fact, align multiple attributes during a single conversation. In addition, there are relationships between alignment behavior within these attributes; when talkers become similar within one attribute, they are more likely to become similar within another attribute. Further, we show that this alignment behavior is influenced by the relationship between talkers suggesting that social factors play a significant role in our conversational behavior. Taken together, this dissertation demonstrates that prediction and alignment behavior are key features of conversational interaction. In particular, we demonstrate that the informational and social context of a conversation determine how these important processes operate. These findings have important implications for the identification of the specific underlying mechanism that is responsible for ensuring the success of our daily communication.

Subjects/Keywords: Conversation; Social Perception; Conversational Prediction; Conversational Alignment

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Latif, N. (n.d.). Back and Forth: Prediction and Interactive Alignment in Conversation . (Thesis). Queens University. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1974/15375

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Latif, Nida. “Back and Forth: Prediction and Interactive Alignment in Conversation .” Thesis, Queens University. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/15375.

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Latif, Nida. “Back and Forth: Prediction and Interactive Alignment in Conversation .” Web. 06 Dec 2019.

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Latif N. Back and Forth: Prediction and Interactive Alignment in Conversation . [Internet] [Thesis]. Queens University; [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/15375.

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Latif N. Back and Forth: Prediction and Interactive Alignment in Conversation . [Thesis]. Queens University; Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1974/15375

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RMIT University

27. Trippas, J. Spoken conversational search: audio-only interactive information retrieval.

Degree: 2019, RMIT University

URL: http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/view/rmit:162809

► Speech-based web search where no keyboard or screens are available to present search engine results is becoming ubiquitous, mainly through the use of mobile devices… (more)

▼ Speech-based web search where no keyboard or screens are available to present search engine results is becoming ubiquitous, mainly through the use of mobile devices and intelligent assistants such as Apple's HomePod, Google Home, or Amazon Alexa. Currently, these intelligent assistants do not maintain a lengthy information exchange. They do not track context or present information suitable for an audio-only channel, and do not interact with the user in a multi-turn conversation. Understanding how users would interact with such an audio-only interaction system in multi-turn information seeking dialogues, and what users expect from these new systems, are unexplored in search settings. In particular, the knowledge on how to present search results over an audio-only channel and which interactions take place in this new search paradigm is crucial to incorporate while producing usable systems. Thus, constructing insight into the conversational structure of information seeking processes provides researchers and developers opportunities to build better systems while creating a research agenda and directions for future advancements in Spoken Conversational Search (SCS). Such insight has been identified as crucial in the growing SCS area. At the moment, limited understanding has been acquired for SCS, for example how the components interact, how information should be presented, or how task complexity impacts the interactivity or discourse behaviours. We aim to address these knowledge gaps. This thesis outlines the breadth of SCS and forms a manifesto advancing this highly interactive search paradigm with new research directions including prescriptive notions for implementing identified challenges. We investigate SCS through quantitative and qualitative designs: (i) log and crowdsourcing experiments investigating different interaction and results presentation styles, and (ii) the creation and analysis of the first SCS dataset and annotation schema through designing and conducting an observational study of information seeking dialogues. We propose new research directions and design recommendations based on the triangulation of three different datasets and methods: the log analysis to identify practical challenges and limitations of existing systems while informing our future observational study; the crowdsourcing experiment to validate a new experimental setup for future search engine results presentation investigations; and the observational study to establish the SCS dataset (SCSdata), form the first Spoken Conversational Search Annotation Schema (SCoSAS), and study interaction behaviours for different task complexities. Our principle contributions are based on our observational study for which we developed a novel methodology utilising a qualitative design. We show that existing information seeking models may be insufficient for the new SCS search paradigm because they inadequately capture meta-discourse functions and the system's role as an active agent. Thus, the results indicate that SCS systems have to…

Subjects/Keywords: Fields of Research; Spoken Conversational Search; Conversational Systems; Interactive Information Retrieval; Intelligent Assistant; Design Recommendations; Voice-only; Exploratory Observational Analysis

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Trippas, J. (2019). Spoken conversational search: audio-only interactive information retrieval. (Thesis). RMIT University. Retrieved from http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/view/rmit:162809

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Trippas, J. “Spoken conversational search: audio-only interactive information retrieval.” 2019. Thesis, RMIT University. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/view/rmit:162809.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Trippas, J. “Spoken conversational search: audio-only interactive information retrieval.” 2019. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Trippas J. Spoken conversational search: audio-only interactive information retrieval. [Internet] [Thesis]. RMIT University; 2019. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/view/rmit:162809.

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Council of Science Editors:

Trippas J. Spoken conversational search: audio-only interactive information retrieval. [Thesis]. RMIT University; 2019. Available from: http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/view/rmit:162809

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Stockholm University

28. Grönborg, Catharina. Vägledningsmetoder? Ja, tack! Nej, tack! : Om användninga av vägledningsmetoder av yrkesverksamma studie- och yrkesvägledare.

Degree: Education, 2009, Stockholm University

URL: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-28332

► The overall aim of this study is to achieve the increased knowledge of the use of the counselling methods in the student counsellors' work… (more)

Subjects/Keywords: Conversational method; Counselling methods; Children with special needs

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Grönborg, C. (2009). Vägledningsmetoder? Ja, tack! Nej, tack! : Om användninga av vägledningsmetoder av yrkesverksamma studie- och yrkesvägledare. (Thesis). Stockholm University. Retrieved from http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-28332

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Grönborg, Catharina. “Vägledningsmetoder? Ja, tack! Nej, tack! : Om användninga av vägledningsmetoder av yrkesverksamma studie- och yrkesvägledare.” 2009. Thesis, Stockholm University. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-28332.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Grönborg, Catharina. “Vägledningsmetoder? Ja, tack! Nej, tack! : Om användninga av vägledningsmetoder av yrkesverksamma studie- och yrkesvägledare.” 2009. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

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Grönborg C. Vägledningsmetoder? Ja, tack! Nej, tack! : Om användninga av vägledningsmetoder av yrkesverksamma studie- och yrkesvägledare. [Internet] [Thesis]. Stockholm University; 2009. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-28332.

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Grönborg C. Vägledningsmetoder? Ja, tack! Nej, tack! : Om användninga av vägledningsmetoder av yrkesverksamma studie- och yrkesvägledare. [Thesis]. Stockholm University; 2009. Available from: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-28332

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University of Vermont

29. Brien, Ashley Rae. Conversational topic moderates visual attention to faces in autism spectrum disorder.

Degree: MS, Communication Sciences and Disorders, 2015, University of Vermont

URL: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/350

► Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is often accompanied by atypical visual attention to faces. Previous studies have identified some predictors of atypical visual attention in… (more)

▼ Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is often accompanied by atypical visual attention to faces. Previous studies have identified some predictors of atypical visual attention in ASD but very few have explored the role of conversational context. In this study, the fixation patterns of 19 typically developing (TD) children and 18 children with ASD were assessed during a SKYPED conversation where participants were asked to converse about mundane vs. emotion-laden topics. We hypothesized that 1) children with ASD would visually attend less to the eye region and more to the mouth region of the face compared to TD children and that 2) this effect would be exaggerated in the emotion-laden conversation. With regard to hypothesis 1, we found no difference between groups for either number of fixations or fixation time; however, children with ASD did evidence significantly more off-screen looking time compared to their TD peers. An additional analysis showed that compared to the TD group, the ASD group also had greater average fixation durations when looking at their speaking partner's face (both eyes and mouth) across conversational contexts. In support of hypothesis 2, eye tracking data (corrected for amount of time during conversation) revealed two interaction effects. Compared to the TD group, the ASD group showed 1) a decreased number of fixations to eyes and 2) an increased fixation time to mouths but only in the emotion-laden conversation. We also examined variables that predicted decreased number of eye fixations and increased mouth-looking in ASD in the emotion-laden conversation. Change scores (to be understood as the degree of visual attention shifting from the mundane to the emotion-laden condition) for the ASD group negatively correlated with age, perceptual reasoning skills, verbal ability, general IQ, theory of mind (ToM) competence, executive function (EF) subscales, and positively correlated with autism severity. Cognitive mechanisms at play and implications for theory and clinical practice are considered. Advisors/Committee Members: Tiffany Hutchins, Robert Althoff.

Subjects/Keywords: autism; conversational topic; eye tracking; visual attention; Cognitive Psychology

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Brien, A. R. (2015). Conversational topic moderates visual attention to faces in autism spectrum disorder. (Thesis). University of Vermont. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/350

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Brien, Ashley Rae. “Conversational topic moderates visual attention to faces in autism spectrum disorder.” 2015. Thesis, University of Vermont. Accessed December 06, 2019. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/350.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Brien, Ashley Rae. “Conversational topic moderates visual attention to faces in autism spectrum disorder.” 2015. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Brien AR. Conversational topic moderates visual attention to faces in autism spectrum disorder. [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Vermont; 2015. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/350.

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Council of Science Editors:

Brien AR. Conversational topic moderates visual attention to faces in autism spectrum disorder. [Thesis]. University of Vermont; 2015. Available from: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/350

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University of Nairobi

30. Mainge, David M. A pragmatic study of selected songs by Joseph Kamaru .

Degree: 2013, University of Nairobi

URL: http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20931

► Songs and singers have been with us since time immemorial but occasionally one comes along who is very talented and captures a people's imagination and… (more)

▼ Songs and singers have been with us since time immemorial but occasionally one comes along who is very talented and captures a people's imagination and somehow his songs simply refuse to be forgotten and somehow keep on being sung long after the musicians could be said to be past their time by commentators. One such musician is a Gikuyu singer, Joseph Kamaru whose songs are the subject of this study. One distinctive feature of Kamaru's music is his usage of a variety of figures of speech. The primary aim of this study was to find out and identify figurative language as used by Joseph Kamaru. The data for analysis was collected from his recorded music which is available through Compact Discs which was supplemented by both written and oral interview from Joseph Kamaru himself and those listeners who enjoy his music. The songs were then transcribed in the original Gikuyu and then translated bearing in mind that it is very possible for meaning to be lost in translation and therefore tried to be as close to the original meaning of the figurative language in Gikuyu as possible in order to get the meaning in English. Where this was not possible, we tried to explain the figurative language using the English equivalent. This was later analyzed using the Neo-Gricean theory of conversational implicature as popularized by Laurence Horn. The analysis showed that indeed Joseph Kamaru uses a lot of figurative Language principally idioms and Proverbs to pass his message. The thesis is organized in a way that, that the first chapter gives a summary to the framework of the study, the statement of the problem, the objectives of the study, hypothesis and the theoretical framework that was used in the study. Included in this chapter is the Literature review. Chapter two dwells on the analysis of the data from a selected number of songs that were used to identify the various figures of speech that Joseph Kamaru has used in his songs. In the chapter we relate the uses of the figures of speech to the Neo-Gricean Theory of conversational implicature that is the Q and R principle and tries to see whether the theory works. Chapter three deals with the views of the listeners of Kamaru's songs with a view to fmding out whether they understand the figurative language and whether the said figures of speech impede their understanding of the songs or whether it makes the songs loved. The last chapter deals with the summary of the findings conclusions and recommendations for further study.

Subjects/Keywords: Neo-Gricean theory; Conversational implicature; Literature review; Joseph Kamaru

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Mainge, D. M. (2013). A pragmatic study of selected songs by Joseph Kamaru . (Thesis). University of Nairobi. Retrieved from http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20931

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Chicago Manual of Style (16^th Edition):

Mainge, David M. “A pragmatic study of selected songs by Joseph Kamaru .” 2013. Thesis, University of Nairobi. Accessed December 06, 2019. http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20931.

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MLA Handbook (7^th Edition):

Mainge, David M. “A pragmatic study of selected songs by Joseph Kamaru .” 2013. Web. 06 Dec 2019.

Vancouver:

Mainge DM. A pragmatic study of selected songs by Joseph Kamaru . [Internet] [Thesis]. University of Nairobi; 2013. [cited 2019 Dec 06]. Available from: http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20931.

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Council of Science Editors:

Mainge DM. A pragmatic study of selected songs by Joseph Kamaru . [Thesis]. University of Nairobi; 2013. Available from: http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20931

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