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Mann, William C.; Matthiessen, Christian M. I. M. – 1983
This three-paper report describes Nigel, a large, programmed grammar of English which has been created in the framework of systemic linguistics begun by Halliday, and which, in addition to specifying functions and structures of English, has a novel semantic stratum which specifies the situations for use of each grammatical feature. The…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Programs, Discourse Analysis, Grammar
Soukup, Paul A. – 1994
This paper explores the question of interpreting complex texts, particularly scripts and multimedia presentations. The paper first reviews the literature on natural discourse, noting that although interpreting spoken natural language seems rather straightforward, many scholars have discussed what is required to make sense of discourse. The paper…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Hermeneutics, Language Research