An Integrated Cognitive Approach to Indirect Anaphora Resolution

论文摘要

Anaphora has been the subject of a number of very interesting and productive accounts. The comprehension and interpretation of anaphora is extremely important for Nature Language Processing. Indirect anaphora, which permeates verbal communication, refers to the relationship between an anaphoric expression and its intended referent which is not explicitly expressed in prior context, but can be inferred via the specific information provided in the prior linguistic context, without coreference with another expression. As a semantic concept, indirect anaphora has been researched in the literature and significant insights have been gained through various approaches. However, not a single model is capable of handling all the cases of indirect anaphora interpretation due to the fact that each model approaches the problem either from a different perspective or with a different goal. The frame theory really plays an important role to discourse understanding, but it processes from the static perspective. Human’s cognitive process of indirect anaphora resolution, which is a vital part of discourse analysis, is concerned with dynamic work. Based on the previous studies on indirect anaphora and especially the recent cognitive research in anaphora study, the present paper, reviewing the different models of anaphoric resolution and trying to provide a new perspective for indirect anaphora research, establishes an integrated cognitive solution to indirect anaphora within conceptual integration network model and frame theory, which reveals great significance of human cognition in discourse analysis.

论文目录

• Contents
• Acknowledgement
• Abstracts
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Previous Researches on Anaphora
• 2.1 Anaphora and some related concepts
• 2.1.1 Definition
• 2.1.2 Anaphora, reference and cohesion
• 2.2 Different approaches to anaphora
• 2.3 Cognitive approach
• 2.3.1 Ariel's accessibility theory
• 2.3.2 Cognitive status and Gundel's givenness hierarchy
• 2.4 Comments on these approaches
• Chapter 3 An Overview of Indirect Anaphora
• 3.1 Indirect anaphora
• 3.1.1 Identification of indirect anaphora
• 3.1.1.1 Prior information
• 3.1.1.2 The nature of the antecedent
• 3.1.1.3 The nature of the relation between the antecedent and the anaphor
• 3.1.2 Type of indirect anaphoric expression
• 3.1.2.1 Definite NPs as indirect anaphors
• 3.1.2.2 Demonstrative NPs as indirect anaphors
• 3.1.2.3 Pronouns as indirect anaphors
• 3.2 Indirect anaphoric relation
• 3.2.1 Part-whole relationship
• 3.2.2 Event-outcome relationship
• 3.3 Metonymy and indirect anaphora
• 3.3.1 Metonymy
• 3.3.2 Interaction between metonymies and indirect anaphora
• 3.4 Differences between direct anaphora and indirect anaphora
• Chapter 4 Previous Studies on Indirect Anaphora Resolution
• 4.1 Validation model
• 4.2 Cognitive model
• 4.2.1 Language, meaning, reference and world
• 4.2.1.1 The nature of language
• 4.2.1.2 Reference, meaning and world
• 4.2.2 Mental representation
• 4.2.3 Knowledge-based approaches to indirect anaphora resolution
• 4.2.3.1 Semantic network model
• 4.2.3.2 Frame-based model
• 4.2.3.2.1 Anaphoric grounding
• 4.2.3.2.2 Interpretation of indirect anaphoric expression within frame model and activation theory
• 4.3 The pragmatic study of indirect anaphora
• 4.4 The inadequacies of traditional approaches to indirect anaphora
• Chapter 5 Integrated Cognitive Theory to Indirect Anaphora
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Some important assumptions to indirect anaphora
• 5.2.1 Inference
• 5.2.2 Frames
• 5.3 Conceptual integration theory
• 5.3.1 Introduction
• 5.3.2 Integration network model
• 5.3.3 General process of conceptual integration
• 5.4 An integrated model
• 5.5 Applications in the resolution of indirect anaphora
• Chapter 6 Conclusion
• Bibliography