Centering in Dynamic Semantics
cmp-lg
2007-05-23 v1 Computation and Language
Abstract
Centering theory posits a discourse center, a distinguished discourse entity that is the topic of a discourse. A simplified version of this theory is developed in a Dynamic Semantics framework. In the resulting system, the mechanism of center shift allows a simple, elegant analysis of a variety of phenomena involving sloppy identity in ellipsis and ``paycheck pronouns''.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cmp-lg/9807003,
title = {Centering in Dynamic Semantics},
author = {Daniel Hardt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cmp-lg/9807003},
year = {2007}
}