Corpus-based and computational approaches to discourse anaphora /

Discourse anaphora is a challenging linguistic phenomenon that has given rise to research in fields as diverse as linguistics, computational linguistics and cognitive science. Because of the diversity of approaches these fields bring to the anaphora problem, the editors of this volume argue that the...

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Other Authors: Botley, Simon, McEnery, Tony, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2000.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:902722272X
9789027222725
9789027298904
9027298904
9781556193972
1556193971
1282163116
9781282163119
9786612163111
6612163119
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Discourse anaphora: The need for synthesis / Simon Botley and Tony McEnery
  • 2. Demonstrative expressions in argumentative discourse: A computer corpus-based comparison of non-native and native English / Stephanie Petch-Tyson
  • 3. Is it possible to predetermine a referent included in a French N De N structure? / Didier Baltazart and Laurence Kister
  • 4. A corpus-based study of anaphora in English and Portuguese / Marco Rocha
  • 5. Conversational strategies using full NP anaphors / Hussein Shokouhi
  • 6. Some uses of demonstratives in spoken Swedish / Eva Lindstrom
  • 7. Pronoun resolution: The practical alternative / Ruslan Mitkov
  • 8. Quantitative evaluation of coreference algorithms in an information extraction system / Robert Gaizauskas and Kevin Humphreys
  • 9. Anaphoric reference and ellipsis resolution in a telephone-based spoken language system for accessing email / Sandra Williams
  • 10. Processing definite descriptions in corpora / Renata Vieira and Massimo Poesio
  • 11. Indirect reference in Japanese sentences / Masaki Murata and Makoto Nagao
  • 12. Generating coreferential anaphoric definite NPs / Agnes Tutin and Evelyne Viegas.