Most existing anaphora resolution algorithms are designed to account only for anaphors with NP-antecedents. This paper describes an algorithm for the resolution of discourse deictic anaphors, which constitute a large percentage of anaphors in spoken dialogues. The success of the resolution is dependent on the classification of all pronouns and demonstratives into individual, discourse deictic a...

abstract Demonstratives ( this/that in English) are pivotal communication. In this study, we show that semantic features of referents systematically influence speakers’ choices demonstrative forms for Spanish nouns the absence a guiding context. We used Demonstrative Choice Task (DCT), previously applied to two-term languages (Danish, English, and Italian), it Spanish, three-term system este/es...

EDITORIAL article Front. Psychol., 30 March 2021Sec. Language Sciences https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.667667

Two problems related to the analysis of noun phrases in which demonstratives occur are discussed: (1) it is shown that there exists an infinite number of syntactically complex demonstrative noun phrases and thus an infinite number of noun phrases which are neither purely referential not purely quantificational, (2) some problems concerning the semantic role of the common noun to which demonstra...