Discourse Structure And Anaphora

Author : Barbara A. Fox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1993-02-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521439906

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Discourse Structure and Anaphora by Barbara A. Fox Pdf

Barbara Fox's thoughtful study examines the use of anaphora in both written and spoken discourse. Any treatment of anaphora must consider the hierarchical of its source texts-type. Texts may be produced and heard or read linearly, but they are designed and understood hierarchically. Discourse Structure and Anaphora goes beyond the information processing concerns of cognitive science to assess the critical role played in all text-types by social, interactional and affective factors. It also considers the fact that texts are organised by socially accepted conventions. Using conversation analysis and rhetorical structure analysis, this book looks at the distribution of pronouns and full noun phrases in three different genres of English, taking data from naturally occurring face-to-face and telephone conversations, small newspaper and magazine articles and a psychoanalytic biography.

Author : Nicholas Asher
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401117159

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Reference to Abstract Objects in Discourse by Nicholas Asher Pdf

Reference to Abstract Objects in Discourse presents a novel framework and analysis of the ways we refer to abstract objects in natural language discourse. The book begins with a typology of abstract objects and related entities like eventualities. After an introduction to `bottom up, compositional' discourse representation theory (DRT) and to previous work on abstract objects in DRT (notably work on the semantics of the attitudes), the book turns to a semantic analysis of eventuality and abstract object denoting nominals in English. The book then substantially revises and extends the dynamic semantic framework of DRT to develop an analysis of anaphoric reference to abstract objects and eventualities that exploits discourse structure and the discourse relations that obtain between elements of the structure. A dynamic, semantically based theory of discourse structure (SDRT) is proposed, along with many illustrative examples. Two further chapters then provide the analysis of anaphoric reference to propositions VP ellipsis. The abstract entity anaphoric antecedents are elements of the discourse structures that SDRT develops. The final chapter discusses some logical and philosophical difficulties for a semantic analysis of reference to abstract objects. For semanticists, philosophers of language, computer scientists interested in natural language applications and discourse, philosophical logicians, graduate students in linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science and artificial intelligence.

Author : Barbara Claire Malt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Anaphora (Linguistics)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019968259

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Anaphora and Discourse Structure by Barbara Claire Malt Pdf

Author : Peter Sells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Anaphora (Linguistics)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004862814

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Backwards Anaphora and Discourse Structure by Peter Sells Pdf

Author : Bonnie Lynn Webber
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781315403328

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A Formal Approach to Discourse Anaphora by Bonnie Lynn Webber Pdf

First published in 1979, this book starts from the perspective that dealing with anaphoric language can be decomposed into two complementary tasks: 1. identifying what a text potentially makes available for anaphoric reference and 2. constraining the candidate set of a given anaphoric expression down to one possible choice. The author argues there is an intimate connection between formal sentential analysis and the synthesis of an appropriate conceptual model of the discourse. Some of the issues with the creation of this conceptual model are discussed in the second chapter, which follows a background to the thesis that catalogues the types of anaphoric expression available in English and lists the types of things that can be referred to anaphorically. The third and fourth chapters examine two types of anaphoric expression that do not refer to non-linguistic entities. The final chapter details three areas into which this research could potentially be extended. This book will be of interest to students of linguistics.

Author : Martin H. van den Berg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Anaphora (Linguistics)
ISBN : 9074795455

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Some Aspects of the Internal Structure of Discourse by Martin H. van den Berg Pdf

Author : John Hinds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038791138

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Anaphora in Discourse by John Hinds Pdf

Author : Yan Huang
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198235283

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Anaphora by Yan Huang Pdf

(Publisher-supplied data) Yan Huang is Reader in Linguistics, Department of Linguistic Science, University of Reading.

Author : Matthias Irmer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783110261950

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Bridging Inferences by Matthias Irmer Pdf

This book presents work on bridging inferences in discourse interpretation. It develops a formalization that permits integrating indirect anaphora in the construction of a structured discourse representation. From a broader perspective, it provides a suitable dynamic-logic framework which can account for underspecifications in cohesion and coherence of discourses by either inferentially resolving or contextually constraining them. Special attention is given to the resolution of bridging anaphora by means of integrating encyclopedic knowledge encoded in FrameNet into a formal theory of discourse structure as provided by Segmented Discourse Representation Theory. A second focus lies on the discourse effects of Clitic Left Dislocation in Spanish. In addition, the book provides a synopsis of the problems, methods, approaches, and desiderata of research on text, context, and discourse interpretation from formal, computational, cognitive, and psychological points of view. Central topics include pragmatic inferences and defeasible reasoning, the Common Ground, cohesion and anaphora resolution, coherence and discourse structure, and discourse interpretation. The volume may thus also serve as a reference book on text meaning and context.

Author : António Branco,Tony McEnery,Ruslan Mitkov
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027247773

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Anaphora Processing by António Branco,Tony McEnery,Ruslan Mitkov Pdf

Anaphora processing is a central topic in the study of natural language and has long been the object of research in a wide range of disciplines. The correct interpretation of anaphora has also become increasingly important for real-world natural language processing applications, including machine translation, automatic abstracting, information extraction and question answering. This volume provides a unique overview of the processing of anaphora from a multi- and inter-disciplinary angle. It will be of interest and practical use to readers from fields as diverse as theoretical linguistics, corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, computer science, natural language processing, artificial intelligence, human language technology, psycholinguistics, cognitive science and translation studies. The readership includes but is not limited to university lecturers, researchers, postgraduate and senior undergraduate students.

Author : António Branco
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783540714118

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Anaphora: Analysis, Algorithms and Applications by António Branco Pdf

This book constitutes revised selected papers of the 6th Discourse Anaphora and Anaphor Resolution Colloquium, DAARC 2007, held in Lagos, Portugal in March 2007. The 13 revised full papers are organized in topical sections on human processing and performance, language analysis and representation, resolution methodology and algorithms, as well as computational systems and applications.

Author : Sarah E. Blackwell
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027296894

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Implicatures in Discourse by Sarah E. Blackwell Pdf

Implicatures in Discourse examines Spanish conversations and oral narratives in order to seek support for a pragmatic theory of anaphora. Blackwell argues that the use of anaphoric expressions may be considered conversational implicatures that give rise to inferences of coreference and non-coreference. Her analysis shows how speakers abide by Levinson's 'neo-Gricean' principles of Quantity, Informativeness, and Manner, but that grammatical, semantic, cognitive, and pragmatic constraints interact with the neo-Gricean principles, influencing anaphora use and interpretation. The study also reveals how mutual knowledge, including familiarity with Spanish social and cultural norms, enables interlocutors to use and comprehend minimal referring expressions, which cultural outsiders may not be able to interpret. While drawing on earlier work on anaphora and reference, this book offers a fresh look at discourse anaphora, and sheds light on the ways in which speakers felicitously use and interpret anaphoric expressions in a variety of communicative contexts.

Author : Helene Schmolz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110416817

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Anaphora Resolution and Text Retrieval by Helene Schmolz Pdf

This book covers anaphora resolution for the English language from a linguistic and computational point of view. First, a definition of anaphors that applies to linguistics as well as information technology is given. On this foundation, all types of anaphors and their characteristics for English are outlined. To examine how frequent each type of anaphor is, a corpus of different hypertexts has been established and analysed with regard to anaphors. The most frequent type are non-finite clause anaphors - a type which has never been investigated so far. Therefore, the potential of non-finite clause anaphors are further explored with respect to anaphora resolution. After presenting the fundamentals of computational anaphora resolution and its application in text retrieval, rules for resolving non-finite clause anaphors are established. Therefore, this book shows that a truly interdisciplinary approach can achieve results which would not have been possible otherwise.

Author : Barbara A. Fox
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027229274

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Studies in Anaphora by Barbara A. Fox Pdf

The last 15 years has seen an explosion of research on the topic of anaphora. Studies of anaphora have been important to our understanding of cognitive processes, the relationships between social interaction and grammar, and of directionality in diachronic change. The contributions to this volume represent the “next generation” of studies in anaphora — defined broadly as those morpho-syntactic forms available to speakers for formulating reference — taking as their starting point the foundation of research done in the 1980s. These studies examine in detail, and with a richness of methods and theories, what patterns of anaphoric usage can reveal to us about cognition, social interaction, and language change.

Author : Gennaro Chierchia
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226104515

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Dynamics of Meaning by Gennaro Chierchia Pdf

In The Dynamics of Meaning, Gennaro Chierchia tackles central issues in dynamic semantics and extends the general framework. Chapter 1 introduces the notion of dynamic semantics and discusses in detail the phenomena that have been used to motivate it, such as "donkey" sentences and adverbs of quantification. The second chapter explores in greater depth the interpretation of indefinites and issues related to presuppositions of uniqueness and the "E-type strategy." In Chapter 3, Chierchia extends the dynamic approach to the domain of syntactic theory, considering a range of empirical problems that includes backwards anaphora, reconstruction effects, and weak crossover. The final chapter develops the formal system of dynamic semantics to deal with central issues of definites and presupposition. Chierchia shows that an approach based on a principled enrichment of the mechanisms dealing with meaning is to be preferred on empirical grounds over approaches that depend on an enrichment of the syntactic apparatus. Dynamics of Meaning illustrates how seemingly abstract stances on the nature of meaning can have significant and far-reaching linguistic consequences, leading to the detection of new facts and influencing our understanding of the syntax/semantics/pragmatics interface.