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computational linguistics > pragmatics > speech act theory

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speech act theory  

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  • Another issue is that Speech Act Theory looks at speech acts after they are completed whereas speakers process them incrementally in real time (ibid). (Domingo, Piwek, Stoyanchev & Wermelinger, 2022)
  • Despite all the criticism Speech Act Theory has become highly influential for dialogue annotation with numerous schemes based on it. (Domingo, Piwek, Stoyanchev & Wermelinger, 2022)
  • First speech act theory states that with each utterance a conversant is committing an action such as questioning critiquing or stating a fact. (Stewart, Danyluk & Liu, 2006)

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