From lexical cohesion to textual coherence: A data driven perspective

International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 247-265

  Harabagiu, Sanda M ^a  

^a Southern Methodist University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; TEXT PROCESSING; THESAURI;

LEXICAL COHESION; TEXTUAL COHERENCE;

NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032649244     PISSN: 02180014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218001499000148     Document Type: Article

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