• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.69
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• pp.30-70
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• 2015

This paper is to show the relationship between power and communication. For this purpose, speech act theory has been introduced. Power is the capacity of some persons to produce intended effects on others. And the human being tries to get intended effects by perlocutionary acts through performing illocutionary acts, both of which belong to speech acts. Generally speaking, therefore, it can be said power is exercised through speech acts. Of course, in case of exercising physical force or violence, no speech act is needed. However, even violence is not totally unrelated with communication. Moreover, power other than violence is always in need of speech acts for its exercise. Including psychic force, power in general is in a close relationship with communication by mediation of speech acts. This paper, using speech act theory, attempts to examine that what is the relationship power and communication hold, that the exercise of power is the same as performing speech acts called perlocutionary acts, that the form of power is differentiated by kinds of illocutionary acts used for its exercise, and that morality of power is different according to illocutionary acts used for its exercise.

• KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.29-34
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• 2016

One of the most important aspects of the research on multi-agent systems is the definition of agent communication languages(ACLs) and the specification of a proper formal semantics of ACLs. In this paper, we propose an illocutionary effect-based FIPA-ACL semantics which overcomes the two traditional semantic approaches. The key idea of this new semantics is based on the semantic concepts of success and satisfaction conditions of illocutionary acts in speech act theory, and the common ground theory-based framework. As case studies using this new semantics, we define the primitive speech acts of FIPA-ACL such as inform and request. For the strengths of the proposed approach we illustrate our new semantics on an e-commerce agent purchase negotiation. Also, we compare this approach with two traditional semantic approaches for ACLs.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 1998.10c
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• pp.370-375
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• 1998

본 논문에서는 화행처리를 기반으로 한 중고자동차 매매 영역 대화시스템 구축 과정에서 활용한 자연언어 대화체 발화의 언표적 행위와 언표내적 행위 간의 관계를 살펴보고자 한다. 하나의 언표적 행위는 여러 상이한 언표내적 행위를 수행할 수 있으며 또 역으로 여러 언표적 행위가 동일한 언표내적 행위를 구성하기도 한다. 이처럼 언표적 행위와 언표내적 행위 간에는 획일적이고 일률적인 상관관계를 설정하기가 어렵다. 그럼에도 불구하고 대화에 나타나는 발화들은 어떤 행위를 구성하는 경향이 강하고 이 행위들은 각 발화의 언표내적 행위로 결정되며 단일 발화들이 모여서 이루는 대화에는 화행의 흐름이 있기 마련이다. 따라서 우리는 본 논문에서 대화시스템의 효율적인 대화관리를 위해서 실제 자연언어 발화와 그에 따른 언표적 행위, 언표내적 행위를 올바로 분석하고 그 관계를 규명하여 대화를 자연스럽게 유도하도록 한다.

• MALSORI
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• no.9_10
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• pp.28-90
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• 1985

This study has two objectives. ft attempts to describe the forms and (He functions of sentence final intonations in Korean, and it also attempts to deal with the relationship between questions and rising intonation for Korean and English. The contents of this study are as follows. In Chapter 2, the version of Korean(standard Korean) which this study is assumed to analyse, the sources of material involved, and the method and scope of analysis are stated. Chapter 3, which is a preparatory stage for the analysis of the function of intonation in standard Korean in Chapter 4, classifies the material according to the type of intonation used. In Chapter 4i the discussion is entirely devoted to the function of Korean intonation. The conclusions of Chapter 4 are as follows: Firstly, intonation contours in Korean have the function of distinguishing the sentence types; the falling contour marks declaratives, Wh- interrogatives and imperatives, while the rising contour marks yes/no interrogatives. However, it is interesting to note that in the interrogative sentences with the inflectional ending '-chi', a very different phenomenon is observed; that is to say, most of yes/no interrogatives are marked by the falling contour and all of Wh- interrogatives by the rising one. Secondly, the falling contour in Korean is typically employed in performing the illocutionary act of assertion in rhetorical and tag questions. Thirdly, the intonation in Korean contributes to express the speaker's special attitudes or emotions. In Chapter 5, where the relationship between questions and rising intonation is examined, Liberman's theory turns out to be untenable. Further-more. this thesis shows that an explanation of the relationship between questions and rising intonation should have its basis on general linguistic facts.