Computer simulation of dialogue and communication
Bengt Sigurd · DSpace repository (University of Tartu) · 1985
a t i o n of d i a l o g u e a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n T h e d i a l o g u e is the p r i m a r y use of l a n g u a g e and the st ud y of c o m m u n i c a t i o n in d i a l o g u e is n e c e s s a r y for our u n d e r s t a n d i n g of n a t u r a l lang ua ge .T h e r e has b e e n an i n c r e a s e d i n t e r e s t in c o m m u n i c a t i o n ,in s p it e of the n e g a t i v e a t t i t u d e s of C h o m s k y {i 975).(He d o e s not e v e n m e n t i o n the w o r d c o m m u n i c a t i o n in the in d e x of his c l a s s i c a l b o o k A s p e c t s of the t h e o r y of s y n t a x ^1965).