Abstract:Elicitation (i.e., question-asking) is complex human linguistic behavior that can provide insights into people's knowledge state, intention and action for user modeling in information retrieval (IR) research. This paper reports a comparative study of user elicitation behaviors by Chinese and English speakers in professional settings of mediated search, with particular reference to sociocultural aspects of human communication. More specifically, this study investigates user elicitation behavior from real-life i… Show more
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