A Hierarchical Account of Referential Accessibility

In this paper, we outline a theory of referential accessibility called Veins Theory (VT). We show how VT addresses the problem of "left satellites", currently a problem for stack-based models, and show that VT can be used to significantly reduce the search space for antecedents. We also show that VT provides a better model for determining domains of referential accessibility, and discuss how VT can be used to address various issues of structural ambiguity.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: ACL
• Authors: Nancy Ide, Dan Cristea
• Keywords: Accessibility Called Veins, ACL 2000, ACL 2007, Left Satellites, Referential Accessibility