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The discourse functions of Italian subjects: a centering approach

cmp-lg 2008-02-03 v1 Computation and Language

Abstract

This paper examines the discourse functions that different types of subjects perform in Italian within the centering framework. I build on my previous work (COLING90) that accounted for the alternation of null and strong pronouns in subject position. I extend my previous analysis in several ways: for example, I refine the notion of {\sc continue} and discuss the centering functions of full NPs.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.cmp-lg/9608008,
  title  = {The discourse functions of Italian subjects: a centering approach},
  author = {Barbara Di Eugenio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cmp-lg/9608008},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

7 pages, uses colap.sty. Revised version of COLING96 paper (fixes wrong chi-square values in published version)