SPEECH ACTS ANDPROSODIC MODELING INSERVICE-ORIENTEDDIALOG SYSTEMS -- SPEECH ACTS ANDPROSODIC MODELING INSERVICE-ORIENTEDDIALOG SYSTEMS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. SPECIFICATIONS FOR SERVICE ORIENTED DIALOG SYSTEMS -- 1.2. THE USER-SYSTEM RELATIONSHIP AND RELATED PARAMETERS -- 1.3. BASE PARAMETERS OF PRESENT ANALYSIS -- Chapter 2: SPEECH ACTS AND DIALOG STRUCTURE:THE SPEECH ACT-ORIENTED APPROACH IN DIALOG SYSTEMS -- 2.1. INTRODUCTION -- 2.2. RELATING SPEECH ACTS AND STEPS INTASK-RELATED DIALOG STRUCTURE -- Chapter 3: PROSODIC MODELLING AND SPEECH ACTS FOR TASK-RELATED DIALOG -- 3.1. PROSODIC EMPHASIS AND WORD CATEGORY -- 3.2. LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC PARAMETERS IN RESPECTTO PROSODIC EMPHASIS, WORD CATEGORY AND SEMANTIC CONTENT -- Chapter 4: PROSODIC MODELLING AND NON-TASK-RELATED SPEECH ACTS INSERVICE-ORIENTED DIALOGS -- 4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. DEFINING NON-TASK-RELATED SPEECH ACTS IN DIALOG STRUCTURE -- 4.3. PROSODIC MODELING ANDNON-TASK-RELATED SPEECH ACTSI N SERVICE-ORIENTED APPLICATIONS -- 4.4. LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC FEATURES IN PROSODIC MODELING AND NON-TASK-RELATED SPEECH ACTS -- 4.5. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS -- Chapter 5: LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC TONE AND STYLE -- Chapter 6: CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.