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A machine learning approach to pronoun resolution in spoken dialogue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
We apply a decision tree based approach to pronoun resolution in spoken dialogue. Our system deals with pronouns with NP- and non-NP-antecedents. We present a set of features designed for pronoun resolution in spoken dialogue and determine the most ...
Müller, Mark-Christoph, Strube, Michael
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Differences in the processing of anaphoric reference between closely related languages: neurophysiological evidence

open access: yesBMC Neuroscience, 2008
Background The present study examines the involvement of syntactic and semantic/conceptual processes in the comprehension of pronouns in Dutch using the technique of event-related brain potentials (ERPs) replicating and extending an earlier study in ...
Hammer Anke   +3 more
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Chinese Overt Pronoun Resolution: A Bilingual Approach

open access: yes, 2014
Much research has been done on the problem of English pronoun resolution, but there has been relatively little work on the corresponding problem of Chinese pronoun resolution. While pronoun resolution in both languages remains a challenging task, Chinese
Chen, Chen, Ng, Vincent
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An investigation of theories of focusing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This thesis investigates the proposals of a number of psychological and computational accounts of focusing and pronoun interpretation in view of obtaining experimental evidence for the questions raised by the accounts.
Pearson, Jamie
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Anaphor resolution and the scope of syntactic constraints [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
An anaphor resolution algorithm is presented which relies on a combination of strategies for narrowing down and selecting from antecedent sets for re exive pronouns, nonre exive pronouns, and common nouns. The work focuses on syntactic restrictions which
Stuckardt, Roland
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Discourse Prominence and Antecedent Mis-Retrieval during Native and Non-Native Pronoun Resolution

open access: yesDiscours, 2022
Previous studies on non-native (L2) anaphor resolution suggest that L2 comprehenders are guided more strongly by discourse-level cues compared to native (L1) comprehenders.
Cecilia Puebla, Claudia Felser
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Neural mechanisms of anaphoric reference revealed by fMRI

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2011
Pronouns are bound to their antecedents by matching syntactic and semantic information. The aim of this functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) study was to localize syntactic and semantic information retrieval and integration during pronoun resolution ...
Anke Hammer   +3 more
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Does word knowledge account for the effect of world knowledge on pronoun interpretation?

open access: yesLanguage and Cognition
To what extent can statistical language knowledge account for the effects of world knowledge in language comprehension? We address this question by focusing on a core aspect of language understanding: pronoun resolution.
Cameron R. Jones, Benjamin Bergen
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How important are linguistic factors in word skipping during reading? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The probability of skipping a word is influenced by its processing ease. For instance, a word that is predictable from the preceding context is skipped more often than an unpredictable word. A meta-analysis of studies examining this predictability effect
Brysbaert, Marc   +5 more
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When accessibility distinctions matter or don't: Divergent patterns of offline and online cataphora resolution

open access: yesActa Psychologica
This study investigates how cataphoric pronouns are resolved in Korean, offering new insights into the cognitive mechanisms behind referential interpretation. Using both offline (questionnaire) and online (eye-tracking) methods, we examine whether mental
Nayoung Kwon, So Young Lee
doaj   +1 more source

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