1996/08/14 by Barbara Di Eugenio, Di Eugenio, Barbara
Computer Science · #Computation and Language (cs.CL) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #cmp-lg #cs.CL
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cmp-lg/9608007
18 pages, uses cgloss4e.sty and fullname.sty. To appear in "Centering in Discourse", OUP, 1997
arxiv created 1996/08/14 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
This paper explores the correlation between centering and different forms of pronominal reference in Italian, in particular zeros and overt pronouns in subject position. Such correlations, that I had proposed in earlier work (COLING 90), are verified through the analysis of a corpus of naturally occurring texts. In the process, I extend my previous analysis in several ways, for example by taking possessives and subordinates into account. I also provide a more detailed analysis of the "continue" transition: more specifically, I show that pronouns are used in a markedly different way in a "continue" preceded by another "continue" or by a "shift", and in a "continue" preceded by a "retain".