Centering theory and the Italian pronominal system
cmp-lg
2008-02-03 v1 Computation and Language
Abstract
In this paper, I give an account of some phenomena of pronominalization in Italian in terms of centering theory. After a general introduction to the Italian pronominal system, I will review centering, and then show how the original rules have to be extended or modified. Finally, I will show that centering does not account for two phenomena: first, the functional role of an utterance may override the predictions of centering; second, a null subject can be used to refer to a whole discourse segment.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cmp-lg/9608009,
title = {Centering theory and the Italian pronominal system},
author = {Barbara Di Eugenio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cmp-lg/9608009},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
6 pages, uses colap.sty