In this paper, we describe a system for coreference resolution and emphasize the role of evaluation for its design. The goal of the system is to group referring expressions (identified beforehand in narrative texts) into sets of coreferring expressions that correspond to discourse entities. Several knowledge sources are distinguished, such as referential compatibility between a referring expres...

From a discourse perspective, utterances may vary in at least two important respects: (i) they can occupy a different hierarchical position in a larger-scale information unit and (ii) they can represent different types of speech acts. Spoken language systems will improve if they adequately take into account both discourse segmentation and utterance purpose. An important question then is how suc...

Title of dissertation: COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF THE ROLE OF DISCOURSE INFORMATION IN LANGUAGE PRODUCTION AND ACQUISITION Naho Orita, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015 Dissertation directed by: Professor Naomi Feldman Department of Linguistics This dissertation explores the role of discourse information in language production and language acquisition. Discourse information plays an important role in v...

This paper investigates factors that can be used in discourse analysis, specifically, cohesive devices. The paper shows that cohesive devices such as cue phrases can provide information about the linkages inside a text. We propose three types of cue phrases (the ordinary cue phrases, noun-phrase cues, and verb-phrase cues). An algorithm to compute rhetorical relations between two elementary dis...

the fundamental role of discourse and its positive and negative effects in personal and social interactions is known to everyone. this is why religions and denominations have always relied on discourse, especially when it is beyond the boundaries of personal concerns and by the expansion of its domain, have stressed on the vital position and particular role of discourse in the fate of humanity....

BACKGROUND Professional competence is important in delivering high quality patient care, and it can be enhanced by reflection and reflective discourse e.g. in mentoring groups. However, students are often reluctant though to engage in this discourse. A group mentoring program involving all preclinical students as well as faculty members and co-mentoring clinical students was initiated at Witten...

this study aims to investigate the changes in turkey's security discourse in process of turkey's accession to european :union:. it seems that europeanization of turkey is one of the most important factors in the change of its security discourse. turkey's political and security language has been changed and, in this country, we are witnessing a new political and social contract th...