17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the computer-executable instructions are further operable when executed to: identify a conversational goal associated with the utterance, roles associated with the user and one or more other participants in the current conversation, and an information allocation among the user and the one or more other participants in the current conversation; and classify one or more of the utterance or the current conversation into a conversation type based on one or more of the identified conversational goal, the identified roles, or the identified information allocation, wherein the conversational speech engine further establishes the intended meaning based on the conversation type.
17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the computer-executable instructions are further operable when executed to: identify a conversational goal associated with the utterance, roles associated with the user and one or more other participants in the current conversation, and an information allocation among the user and the one or more other participants in the current conversation; and classify one or more of the utterance or the current conversation into a conversation type based on one or more of the identified conversational goal, the identified roles, or the identified information allocation, wherein the conversational speech engine further establishes the intended meaning based on the conversation type. 18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the established intended meaning comprises a hypothesis having a degree of certainty about the intent that the user had in speaking the one or more words in the utterance.