A Literature Review on Centering Theory

IF 0.1 3区 文学 0 LITERATURE
Xiao Chen
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Centering, a model of the conversants’ center of attention in discourse, centers around the relationship between attentional state, inferential complexity and the form of referring expression. Concerned with the local coherence and semantic entity salience, Centering Theory is framed by two strands of early work: (i) research by Joshi, Kuhn and Weinstein (Joshi and Kuhn, 1979; Joshi, Weinstein, 1981); and (ii) research by Grosz and Sidner (Grosz, 1977; Sidner, 1979; Grosz, Sidner, 1986). A synthesis of the two trains of thoughts helps to make up a theoretical background for Centering Theory and a motivation for the future work, such as empirical studies and application studies. In the present article, in order to help the reader to understand the epochal significance of various fruits of recent couple of decades, an attempt to undertake a systematic review of Centering Theory will be made.
中心理论的文献综述
定心是交际者话语中注意中心的一个模型,它围绕注意状态、推理复杂性和指称表达形式之间的关系展开。关注局部连贯和语义实体突出,中心理论由两股早期工作构成:(i) Joshi, Kuhn和Weinstein的研究(Joshi和Kuhn, 1979;乔希,温斯坦,1981);(ii) Grosz和Sidner的研究(Grosz, 1977;Sidner, 1979;Grosz, Sidner, 1986)。两种思路的综合有助于为中心理论提供理论背景,并为今后的实证研究和应用研究等工作提供动力。在本文中,为了帮助读者理解近几十年来各种成果的时代意义,将尝试对中心理论进行系统的回顾。
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