In this paper, we investigate whether the social goals of an individual's utterances can be
recognized through analysis of a discourse's intentional structure. Specifically we focus on …

The emergence of dialogue on social medial neccessitates the development of new
dialogue processing models. We argue that to address coherence and to infer the …

We posit that determining the social goals and intentions of dialogue participants is crucial
for understanding discourse taking place on social media. In particular, we examine the …

In this paper we present a generative model entitled the Author Perspective Model for the
classification of deontic modality in event mentions. In the model modals, adverbials, and …

One way in which marketers gain insights about consumers is by identifying the occasions in
which consumers use their products and which are invoked by their products. Identifying …

In this article, we present our novel approach towards the detection and modeling of
complex social phenomena in multi-party discourse, including leadership, influence, pursuit …

The emergence of discussion and debate on social media necessitates the development of
new models for processing dialogue. Vitally important to inferring the social implicatures of …

In this paper, we investigate whether the social roles of dialogue participants can be
recognized through the social actions performed by the participant in their interactions with …

The success of a group is determined by a number of factors. Some of these factors, such as
task difficulty and availability of resources, are out of a group's control and are constant …

The voice of the customer is never more loudly heard than through social media. These
online comments and reviews provide the insights marketers need to better build, design …