--- title: "C. Raymond Perrault — author profile and papers in our library" description: "C. Raymond Perrault, SRI International: 3 papers on Elamur Research (1978–1980), h-index 14 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/c-raymond-perrault/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/c-raymond-perrault/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / C. Raymond Perrault # C. Raymond Perrault C. Raymond Perrault has 3 papers in our library, in 1978–1980, most of them on [Speech act theory](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/), [Dialogue systems](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/); often with [James F. Allen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/james-f-allen/), [Philip R. Cohen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/philip-r-cohen/). 3 papers in our library · 1978–1980 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5026736071) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1178-343X) · [**h-index 14**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5026736071) · [30 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5026736071) · [3,227 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5026736071&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 3 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/c-raymond-perrault/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 172 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/c-raymond-perrault/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #6780](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/68/#star-6780) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=C.+Raymond+Perrault) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=C.+Raymond+Perrault) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=C.+Raymond+Perrault) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=C.+Raymond+Perrault) ## Affiliations [🔬**SRI International** Menlo Park · United States 1986–2024 · 5 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/sri-international/) · [🎓**University of Toronto** Toronto · Canada 1976–2003 · 15 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-toronto/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 4 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Language and Linguistics · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Speech act theory · 3 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/speech-act-theory/) · [Dialogue systems · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/dialogue-systems/) ## Works by year ### 1980s [**1980** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/c-raymond-perrault/year/1980/) ### 1970s [**1978** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/c-raymond-perrault/year/1978/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Speech Acts as a Basis for Understanding Dialogue Coherence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/perrault-1978-speech-acts-as-basis-understanding/)** *(1978 · 66 citations)* Perrault, Allen and Cohen ask what makes a dialogue hang together. Their answer is that utterances, like physical actions, are steps in plans. A dialogue reads as coherent when a listener can reconstruct the goal those steps serve. Each agent keeps a model of the world, including its beliefs about the other agent's… 2. **[Speech Acts as a Basis for Understanding Dialogue Coherence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/perrault-1978-speech-acts-as-basis-understanding-j78-3024/)** *(1978 · 63 citations)* The paper asks what makes a dialogue hang together. The authors argue that utterances, like physical actions, seem coherent when an observer can link them to a shared overall goal. They propose treating speech acts as planning operators. Each operator has preconditions and effects, and those effects fall mainly on… 3. **[A Plan-Based Analysis of Indirect Speech Act](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/perrault-1980-plan-based-analysis-indirect-speech/)** *(1980 · 44 citations)* This 1980 article by C. Raymond Perrault and James F. Allen, published in the American Journal of Computational Linguistics, explains why sentences whose grammatical mood suggests one act can perform another. For example, a yes/no question such as "Can you pass the salt?" can work as a request. The authors build on… ## All works 5 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 3 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Analyzing intention in utterances ↗](https://doi.org/10.1016/0004-3702(80)90042-9) Artificial Intelligence 15(3):143–178 · no summary yet**James F. Allen, C. Raymond Perrault*1980 · 837 citations* 2. **[Elements of a Plan-Based Theory of Speech Acts ↗](https://doi.org/10.1207/s15516709cog0303_1) Cognitive Science 3(3):177–212 · no summary yet**Philip R. Cohen, C. Raymond Perrault*1979 · 452 citations* 3. **[Speech Acts as a Basis for Understanding Dialogue Coherence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/perrault-1978-speech-acts-as-basis-understanding/) [Theoretical Issues in Natural Language Processing (TINLAP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tinlap/)**C. Raymond Perrault, James F. Allen*1978 · 66 citations* 4. **[Speech Acts as a Basis for Understanding Dialogue Coherence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/perrault-1978-speech-acts-as-basis-understanding-j78-3024/) [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/)**C. Raymond Perrault, James F. Allen, Philip R. Cohen*1978 · 63 citations* 5. **[A Plan-Based Analysis of Indirect Speech Act](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/perrault-1980-plan-based-analysis-indirect-speech/) [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/)**C. Raymond Perrault*1980 · 44 citations* ## Co-authors here 2 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [James F. Allen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/james-f-allen/) ×2 - [Philip R. Cohen](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/philip-r-cohen/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/) ×2: [Computational Linguistics 1980](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/1980/), [Computational Linguistics 1978](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/cl/1978/) - [Theoretical Issues in Natural Language Processing (TINLAP)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tinlap/): [TINLAP 1978](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/tinlap/1978/) - Artificial Intelligence 15(3):143–178 - Cognitive Science 3(3):177–212 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 172 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [35 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/c-raymond-perrault/cited-by/). Updated 30 October 2026