Veins Theory: A Model of Global Discourse Cohesion and Coherence

In this paper, we propose a generalization of Centering Theory (CT) (Grosz, Joshi, Weinstein 1995) called Veins Theory (VT), which extends the applicability of centering rules from local to global discourse. A key facet of the theory involves the identification of

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: ACL
• Authors: Dan Cristea, Nancy Ide, Laurent Romary
• Keywords: ACL 1998, ACL 2007, Discourse Structure Trees, Discourse Structures, Global Discourse