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Utterance Generation Without Choice

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Künstliche Intelligenz

Part of the book series: Informatik-Fachberichte ((2252,volume 181))

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In this paper we discuss a parallel processing model for the generation of linguistic surface structures from a conceptual representation of the utterance content. We focus in partic- ular on the verb selection task and its integration into a system for sentence production and introduce the notion of uttering pressure to control the moment of verbalization. The resulting model allows for different surface realizations of a single proposition without requiring an explicit choice among the alternatives. The system architecture presented consists of several independent spreading activation networks that communicate via a global blackboard. This setup combines the advantages of a classical modular system with the processing characteristics of the connectionist paradigm.

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  1. Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, Arcisstraße 21, 8000, München 2, Federal Republic of Germany

    Erwin Klöck

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  1. Fachbereich Informatik - WISBER, Universität Hamburg, Postfach 302762, D-2000, Hamburg 36, Deutschland

    Wolfgang Hoeppner

  2. EWH Koblenz, Rheinau 3-4, D-5400, Koblenz, Deutschland

    Wolfgang Hoeppner

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Klöck, E. (1988). Utterance Generation Without Choice. In: Hoeppner, W. (eds) Künstliche Intelligenz. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 181. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74064-0_15

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