2 papers
cmp-lg1996
Japanese Discourse and the Process of Centering
Marilyn Walker, Masayo Iida, Sharon Cote
This paper has three aims: (1) to generalize a computational account of the discourse process called {\sc centering}, (2) to apply this account to discourse processing in Japanese…
cmp-lg1996
Centering in Japanese Discourse
Marilyn Walker, Masayo Iida, Sharon Cote
In this paper we propose a computational treatment of the resolution of zero pronouns in Japanese discourse, using an adaptation of the centering algorithm. We are able to factor l…