Centering Theory in Discourse (Hardcover)

Marilyn Walker

ISBN 10: 0198236875 / ISBN 13: 9780198236870

Verlag: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997

Beschreibung

Hardcover. Many areas of language-related research -- language processing, linguistic semantics/pragmatics, speech understanding and synthesis, and psychological theories of attention -- have shown an increasing need to describe and understand aspects of discourse anaphora in relation to both processing complexity and the global structure of discourse. A major problem in this area is the large gap between existing theories and accounts of actual phenomena in naturallyoccurring discourse. Centering Theory is an account of one aspect of discourse, local discourse structure, that makes specific claims about both processing complexity and discourseanaphora. Centering Theory in Discourse focuses on Centering Theory's ability to account for data from naturally occurring discourse in several languages. The contributors test empirically several claims of Centering Theory, propose extensions to and refinements of Centering, and show how it can be integrated with other aspects of discourse structure and processing. Many areas of language-related research have shown an increasing need to describe and understand aspects of discourse anaphora. This book is an account of local discourse structure, focusing on Centering Theory's ability to account for data from naturally occurring discourse in several languages. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780198236870

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Centering Theory in Discourse (Hardcover)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0198236875
• ISBN-13: 9780198236870
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

Many areas of language-related research -- language processing, linguistic semantics/pragmatics, speech understanding and synthesis, and psychological theories of attention -- have shown an increasing need to describe and understand aspects of discourse anaphora in relation to both processing complexity and the global structure of discourse. A major problem in this area is the large gap between existing theories and accounts of actual phenomena in naturally occurring discourse.

Centering Theory is an account of one aspect of discourse, local discourse structure, that makes specific claims about both processing complexity and discourse anaphora. Centering Theory in Discourse focuses on Centering Theory's ability to account for data from naturally occurring discourse in several languages. The contributors test empirically several claims of Centering Theory, propose extensions to and refinements of Centering, and show how it can be integrated with other aspects of discourse structure and processing.

Críticas

This volume... represents an important follow-up to the work on centering carried out in the late eighties and early nineties, and in this context it is a timely collection of a number of interesting contributions. (Ruslan Mitkov, Computational Linguistics Vol.25 No.4)