A methodology for extending focusing frameworks

Computational Linguistics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Suri, Linda Z ^a   McCoy, Kathleen F ^b   DeCristofaro, Jonathan D ^b  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^b University of Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX SENTENCES; CORPUS ANALYSIS;

FOCUSING;

EID: 17544398758     PISSN: 08912017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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