LING 575 A - Discourse & Dialogue Spring 2011
Syllabus


Days Time (P.M.) Classroom
Wednesdays 3:30-5:50 MGH 248

Instructor
Name: Gina-Anne Levow
Email: levow@uw.edu
Office: Padelford B-201
Office Hour: F: 11:30am-12:30

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Course description

Textbook

There is no required textbook for this course. However, you may find the following reference texts useful.

A number of published research articles will also provide background for the course. The course bibliography is here

Prerequisites:

Course Resources

Grading

Course Mechanics

Additional detailed information on grading, collaboration, incompletes, etc.


Tentative schedule, subject to change without notice.
Date Topics Readings Assignment
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Week 1: March 30 Intro to Discourse and Dialogue Grosz et al, 1997 HW#1: Select Topic/3 papers
Due 4/13: Noon
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Offline Recording
Week 2: April 6 Reference & Co-reference Jurafsky & Martin, Chapter 21.4-21.8
Cardie and Ng, 2002
Cardie and Wagstaff, 1999
Ng, 2010
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Week 3: April 13 Project plan: literature survey
Discourse Structure
  • Rhetorical Structure Theory: Intro
  • Taboada, M. and W.C. Mann (2006), p. 1-19
  • Wolf and Gibson, 2005
  • DRT
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    Week 4: April 20 Project updates
    Discourse Segmentation
  • Shriberg et al(2001)(speech)
  • Hearst(1994)(text)
  • Marcu(1999)(text, RST),
  • Beeferman et al (1999)(text)
  • HW #2: Initial Presentations
    Presentations on 4/27; 5/4
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    Week 5: April 27 Dialogue
    Interim Reports
    Jurafsky & Martin, Chapter 24   pptx pdf Recording Offline Recording
    Week 6: May 4 Interim Reports
    Dialogue (cont'd)
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    Week 7: May 11 Dialogue Systems
  • McTear 2001, Sections 3 and 5
  • Walker et al (1990)
  • Oviatt(1995)
  • Walker et al. (1997)
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    Offline B
    Week 8: May 18 Dialogue Management Finite-State
    Frame-based system, Aust et al, 1995.
    Final Projects and Presentations:
    Short Presentations: 6/1
    Final Submissions: 6/9, 23:59
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    Week 9: May 25 Turn-taking and Politeness
  • Goodwin (1981), pp. 55-93
  • Shriberg et al. (2001)
  • Brown & Levinson (1978)
  • Walker et al. (1996)
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    Week 10: June 1 Final presentations