Author: Wooffitt, Robbin; Fraser, Norman H.; Gilbert, Nigel; & McGlashan, Scott
Title: Humans, Computers and Wizards: Analysing Human (Simulated) Computer Interaction
Description: London / New York, Routledge, (1997). orig.boards. 24x16cm, ix,207 pp. Textual tables. Minor binding rubbing, light page-edge soil, VG. ¶ Contents: Sociology & Human-Machine Dialogue; Inspiration, Observation & the Wizard of Oz; The Surrey WOZ Simulation Procedure; Conversation Analysis; Getting Started: Opening Sequences in the BA and WOZ Corpora; Turn-Taking, Overlaps and Closings; Some General Features of the Organisation of Repair; Some Repair Strategies Analysed; Conversation Analysis, Simulation & System Design; Appendices: Recognising and Understanding Spoken Language; Scenarios in the WOZ Simulation Experiment; Transcription Symbols.

Keywords: Human-Computer Interaction, Man-Machine, Dialogue, Conversation, Analysis Sociology, Linguistics, Artificial, Intelligence Verbal, Communication