?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Context+as+a+Social+Construct&rft.creator=Akman%2C+Varol&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=This+position+paper+argues+that+in+addition+to+the+familiar+approach+using+formal+contexts%2C+there+is+now+a+need+in+AI+to+study+contexts+as+social+constructs.+As+a+successful+example+of+the+latter+approach%2C+I+draw+attention+to+%60interpretation'+(in+the+sense+of+literary+theory)%2C+viz.+the+reconstruction+of+intended+meaning+of+a+literary+text+that+takes+into+account+the+context+in+which+the+author+assumed+the+reader+would+place+the+text.+An+important+contribution+here+comes+from+Harris+(1988)%2C+enumerating+the+seven+crucial+dimensions+of+context%3A+knowledge+of+reality%2C+knowledge+of+language%2C+and+the+authorial%2C+generic%2C+collective%2C+specific%2C+and+textual+dimensions.+Finally%2C+two+thought-provoking+papers+in+interpretation%2C+(Barwise+1989)+and+(Hobbs+1990)%2C+are+analyzed+as+useful+attempts+which+also+come+to+grips+with+the+notion+of+context.&rft.publisher=The+AAAI+Press%2C+Menlo+Park%2C+California&rft.contributor=Buvac%2C+Sasa&rft.contributor=Iwanska%2C+Lucja&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F474%2F2%2Fcontext.ps&rft.identifier=++Akman%2C+Varol++(1997)+Context+as+a+Social+Construct.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F474%2F