Showing papers by "Nicholas Asher published in 2002"
01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: Why computation has come to have an increasingly important place in the theory of discourse interpretation is discussed and it is suggested that once the authors have constructed a decent model of computing discourse structure, they are in a better position to evaluate what role storage can play.
Abstract: In this paper I discuss why computation has come to have an increasingly important place in the theory of discourse interpretation. I argue that essential to discourse interpretation is the idea of computing a discourse structure for a discourse; from this structure the interpretation follows. This structure is part of the logical form for a discourse. After examining several ways in which one might compute such structures, I argue that the preferred method is a local and opportunistic strategy that makes defeasible guesses. I end by suggesting that once we have constructed a decent model of computing discourse structure, we are in a better position to evaluate what role storage can play.
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