?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Many+Functions+of+Discourse+Particles%3A+A+Computational+Model+of+Pragmatic+Interpretation&rft.creator=Scheler%2C+Gabriele&rft.creator=Fischer%2C+Kerstin&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Statistical+Models&rft.subject=Computational+Linguistics&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.description=We+present+a+connectionist+model+for+the+interpretation+of+discourse%0D%0Aparticles+in+real+dialogues+that+is+based+on+neuronal%0D%0Aprinciples+of+categorization+(categorical+perception%2C+prototype%0D%0Aformation%2C+contextual+interpretation).+It+can+be+shown+that%0D%0Adiscourse+particles+operate+just+like+other+morphological+and%0D%0Alexical+items+with+respect+to+interpretation+processes.+The+description%0D%0Aproposed+locates+discourse+particles+in+an+elaborate%0D%0Amodel+of+communication+which+incorporates+many+different%0D%0Aaspects+of+the+communicative+situation.+We+therefore+also%0D%0Aattempt+to+explore+the+content+of+the+category+discourse+particle.%0D%0AWe+present+a+detailed+analysis+of+the+meaning+assignment%0D%0Aproblem+and+show+that+80%25%E2%80%93+90%25+correctness+for+unseen+discourse%0D%0Aparticles+can+be+reached+with+the+feature+analysis+provided.%0D%0AFurthermore%2C+we+show+that+%E2%80%98analogical+transfer%E2%80%99+from%0D%0Aone+discourse+particle+to+another+is+facilitated+if+prototypes%0D%0Aare+computed+and+used+as+the+basis+for+generalization.+We%0D%0Aconclude+that+the+interpretation+processes+which+are+a+part+of%0D%0Athe+human+cognitive+system+are+very+similar+with+respect+to%0D%0Adifferent+linguistic+items.+However%2C+the+analysis+of+discourse%0D%0Aparticles+shows+clearly+that+any+explanatory+theory+of+language%0D%0Aneeds+to+incorporate+a+theory+of+communication+processes.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7709%2F1%2Fcogsci-final.pdf&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7709%2F7%2Fcogsci-final.pdf&rft.identifier=++Scheler%2C+Gabriele+and+Fischer%2C+Kerstin++(1997)+The+Many+Functions+of+Discourse+Particles%3A+A+Computational+Model+of+Pragmatic+Interpretation.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7709%2F