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Centering: A Framework for Modeling the Local Coherence Of Discourse (1995)
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| Venue: | Computational Linguistics |
| Citations: | 812 - 8 self |
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@ARTICLE{Grosz95centering:a,
author = {Barbara J. Grosz and Scott Weinstein and Aravind K. Joshi},
title = {Centering: A Framework for Modeling the Local Coherence Of Discourse},
journal = {Computational Linguistics},
year = {1995},
volume = {21},
pages = {203--225}
}
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Abstract
This paper concerns relationships among focus of attention, choice of referring expression, and perceived coherence of utterances within a discourse segment. It presents a framework and initial theory of centering intended to model the local component of attentional state. The paper examines interactions between local coherence and choice of referring expressions; it argues that differences in coherence correspond in part to the inference demands made by different types of referring expressions, given a particular attentional state. It demonstrates that the attentional state properties modeled by centering can account for these differences
