1. Towards an Information-based Theory of Language Use in Natural Dialogue Open Access Author: Xu, Yang Title: Towards an Information-based Theory of Language Use in Natural Dialogue Graduate Program: Information Sciences and Technology Keywords: Information theorydialoguelanguageentropyalignmentsurprisal File: Download Xu_Yang-Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: David Reitter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorDavid Reitter, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJohn M. Carroll, Committee MemberPrasenjit Mitra, Committee MemberRebecca Passonneau, Outside Member