TY - JOUR
T1 - The construction of a pun generator for language skills development
AU - Manurung, Ruli
AU - Ritchie, Graeme
AU - Pain, Helen
AU - Waller, Annalu
AU - O'Mara, Dave
AU - Black, Rolf
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by grants GR/S15402/01 and GR/S15419/01, and the preparation of this article was supported by grant EP/E011764/1, all from the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The Widgit Rebus symbols are the property of Widgit Software Ltd., Cambridge, UK and are used under license. The Picture Communication Symbols are the property of Mayer-Johnson LLC, Solana Beach, CA, USA and are used under license. We are extremely grateful to Capability Scotland and the staff and pupils at Corseford School for their help with the evaluation sessions. Thanks are also due to the Aberdeen NLG Group for comments on an earlier draft of this article.
PY - 2008/10/1
Y1 - 2008/10/1
N2 - Since the early 1990s, there have been a number of small-scale computer programs that automatically constructed simple verbal jokes (puns), but none of these were fully developed systems that could be used for a practical application. We describe the building and testing of the STANDUP program - a large-scale, robust, interactive, user-friendly pun-generator (inspired by Binsted's JAPE program), which is aimed at allowing children, particularly those with communication disabilities, to develop their linguistic skills. The STANDUP system was designed in consultation with potential users and suitable experts, was rigorously engineered using public-domain linguistic data, and has a special purpose, child-friendly, graphical user interface. The software was tested successfully with real users (children with complex communication needs).
AB - Since the early 1990s, there have been a number of small-scale computer programs that automatically constructed simple verbal jokes (puns), but none of these were fully developed systems that could be used for a practical application. We describe the building and testing of the STANDUP program - a large-scale, robust, interactive, user-friendly pun-generator (inspired by Binsted's JAPE program), which is aimed at allowing children, particularly those with communication disabilities, to develop their linguistic skills. The STANDUP system was designed in consultation with potential users and suitable experts, was rigorously engineered using public-domain linguistic data, and has a special purpose, child-friendly, graphical user interface. The software was tested successfully with real users (children with complex communication needs).
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U2 - 10.1080/08839510802295962
DO - 10.1080/08839510802295962
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:54049115583
SN - 0883-9514
VL - 22
SP - 841
EP - 869
JO - Applied Artificial Intelligence
JF - Applied Artificial Intelligence
IS - 9
ER -