A Computational Analysis of Information Structure Using Parallel Expository
Texts in English and Japanese.
Department of Computer and Information
Science, University of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Mark
Steedman
Committee: Claire Gardent,
Aravind
Joshi,
Martha Palmer,
Bonnie
Webber
Keywords: Information Structure, Discourse, Text, Pragmatics, Theme/Rheme,
Topic/Focus
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Abstract: [Text]
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Entire thesis: [PDF
1.3MB]; also as IRCS
Technical Report 99-07
and UMI
9937745.
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Chapters
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Front matters (title, TOC, etc.) [PDF]
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Chapter 1 Introduction [PDF]
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Chapter 2 Information Structure: The State of the Art and Open Questions
[PDF]
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Chapter 3 A Theory of Information Structure [PDF]
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Chapter 4 Formalization of the Theory with Combinatory Categorial Grammar
[PDF]
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Chapter 5 Realization of Information Structure in Japanese [PDF]
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Chapter 6 Implementation of the Information-Structure Analyzer [PDF]
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Chapter 7 Evaluation of the Theory Using Parallel Texts [PDF]
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Chapter 8 Conclusion [PDF]
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Appendix A Generative Power and Parsing Efficiency of CCG-GTRC [PDF]
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Back matters (bibliography and index) [PDF]