...as:
Although they presented the notion of
face
as a linguistic universal, many linguists think that it is mainly suited for describing the behavior of western societies.
...interlocutor.
They also explain which forms people use to anoint the positive face of their interlocutors, but we will not deal with this aspect of communication here.
...arrows).
The knowledge about domain actions is represented in a similar way and stored in the domain level of the plan library. Of course, speech acts refer to specific predicates concerning the knowledge and beliefs of the interactants.
...knowledge)
The
Cint
predicate is defined (Airenti
etal
, 1993) as:
Cint(sp, hr, p)4#4Int(sp, MB(hr, sp, p5#5Cint(sp, hr, p)))
...communication:
Politeness effects are associated with the predicate
expr
. In this way, we model the conventionality of politeness expressions while preserving the base formalism. Basically, the
expr
predicate states which of the various presupposition has been (conventionally) negated to preserve the face of the hearer.
......").
Also the inner indirect request is composed of nested levels: see the use of
puoi
, ``you can''.
......))''
For the sake of simplicity, the semantic representation of the sentence has been given in a logical form, instead of as a semantic net.
...library?]
In Italian both verbs `may' and `can' correspond to the modal
potere
.
...Sem1)
In the actual implementation, the constants
User
,
System
and
Keys
(below) are nodes in the contextual representation standing for the reference to the associated individual.
...1b)
The analysis of the semantic and syntactic features is performed by the analyzer which, in this example, identifies the verb
potere
(`may') and the performative
chiedere
(`ask').
Guido Boella Dottorando
Thu Oct 31 15:35:12 MET 1996