2012 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 425-436
In this study, we propose a multiparty-conversation system which is capable to organize autotelic speech (sequences of utterance) like a friendly-conversation. In our system, we have two kinds of function to generate utterances; one is to cast the utterance, and other one is to ground the preceding utterance. We have integrated the turn-taking mechanism in order to conduct a smooth conversation among the creatures. Moreover, our approach is focusing on the topic continuity considering the cohesion between utterances to organize conversational sequences, and also turn-taking mechanism is originated considering the face threatening acts among the creatures. Our experiment is motivated to investigate how those aspects are affect to organize the smooth conversation among the creatures. The result was suggested that cohesion between utterances was concerned to organization of conversation which is comfortable to listen and encourage for participants to understanding the utterance.
