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Linguistic Concepts and Methods in CSCW is the first book devoted to the innovative new area of research in CSCW. It concentrates on the use of language in context - the area most widely researched in conjunction with CSCW - but also examines grammatical construction, semantics and the significance of the spoken, written and graphic mediums. A variety of other related topics, such as sociolinguistics, stylistics, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, and applied linguistics are also covered.
This book will be of interest to researchers in CSCW, linguistics and computational linguistics. It will also provide invaluable reading for industrial and commercial researchers who are interested in the implications of such research for the design of marketable systems.
List of contents
1 Introduction.- 2 Linguistics and Task Analysis in Computer Supported Cooperative Work.- 3 Spoken Language and Speech Synthesis in Computer Supported Cooperative Work.- 4 The Contribution of Genre to Computer Supported Cooperative Work.- 5 Dialog Structure and Cooperative Task Performance in Two CSCW Environments.- 6 A Language of Cooperation?.- 7 Some Grammatical Characteristics of Cooperative Spoken Dialog in a CSCW Context.- 8 A Semantic Framework for Computer Supported Cooperative Work.- 9 Semiotics, Information and Cooperation.- 10 Sociolinguistic Inquiry + Situation Theory = Contribution to CSCW?.- 11 Telltales and Overhearers: Participant Roles in Electronic Mail Communication.- 12 CORECT: Using Natural Language Generation as an Integral Part of a CSCW Tool for Collaborative Requirements Capture.- 13 An Interactive, Spoken Dialog Interface to Virtual Worlds.- 14 Computer Mediated Communication in Foreign Language Learning.- 15 Understanding the 'Good and Bad Language Learner': CSCW as a Necessary Tool.- References.- Name Index.
