Inferable centers, centering transitions, and the notion of coherence

Computational Linguistics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-150

  Fais, Laurel ^a,b  

^a Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEXICAL COHESION; STANDARD DEFINITIONS; TRANSITION STATE;

EID: 26844488071     PISSN: 08912017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089120104323093267     Document Type: Article

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