States in flux : logics of change, dynamic semantics, and dialogue

Verbal communication is a complex process of negotiation towards a common goal, maximizing each participant's information about the world. Conversations typically involve dispute, correction, and agreement between their participants. How could a formal theory begin to describe such phenomena? I...

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Main Author: Lemon, Oliver
Published: University of Edinburgh 1996
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.653811