This edited collection of previously unpublished papers focuses on Centering Theory, an account of local discourse structure. Developed in the context of comput

This book addresses the question: What can close discourse analysis contribute to the understanding of language? To do so, it presents a centering theory-based

The ability to produce and understand referring expressions is basic to human language use and human cognition. Reference comprises the ability to think of and

This study mainly focuses on the revision and extension of two Rules of Standard Centering Theory (Pronoun Rule and Transition Rule) to develop the constraints