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title: "The Conceptual Content of Conversation"
authors:
  - "Roger C. Schank"
  - "Wendy G. Lehnert"
doi: ""
url: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1979/169"
pdf: "https://ijcai.org/proceedings/1979/0169.pdf"
venue: "Proceedings of the Sixth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence"
year: 1979
pages: ""
track: ""
keywords:
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# The Conceptual Content of Conversation

Roger C. Schank, Wendy G. Lehnert

*Proceedings of the Sixth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence*.

## Abstract

This paper outlines a strategy for conversational analysis that utilizes multiple levels of information flow in order to characterize the conceptual content of a conversation. The role of predictive knowledge structures and contextual information is illustrated in an analysis of a sample conversation, along with a partial outline of conversational rules specific to particular levels of conversational analysis.