The MIT Press eBooks · 1990 · 490 citations · 0 references
Language StudiesCommunicationCommunication TheoryDiscourse AnalysisPragmaticsCollaborative PlanningConversation AnalysisDiscourse ProcessingGroup CoordinationInteractional PragmaticsSpeech ActsAgent CoordinationCollaborative CommunicationCoordinated InteractionCoordinationDecision-making DiscourseNegotiation DiscoursePlan Formation
Abstract : Discourses are fundamentally instances of collaboration behavior. We propose a model of the collaborative plans of agents achieving joint goals and illustrate the role of these plans in discourses. Three types of collaborative plans, called Shared Plans, are formulated for joint goals requiring simultaneous, conjoined or sequential actions on the part of the agents who participate in the plans and the discourse; a fourth type of Shared Plan is presented for the circumstance where two agents communicate, but only one acts.