@TechReport{Gardent:1994,
AUTHOR = {Gardent, Claire},
TITLE = {Discourse Multiple Dependencies},
YEAR = {1994},
MONTH = {October},
NUMBER = {45},
ADDRESS = {Saarbrücken},
TYPE = {CLAUS-Report},
INSTITUTION = {Universität des Saarlandes},
URL = {ftp://ftp.coli.uni-sb.de/pub/coli/claus/claus45.ps ftp://ftp.coli.uni-sb.de/pub/coli/claus/claus45.dvi},
ABSTRACT = {It is sometimes claimed (cf. [Mann/Thompson 1988, Scha/Polanyi 1988, Webber 1991, Gardent 1991, Pruest 1992]) that discourse has a tree structure which reflects the semantic structure of discourse. In this paper, I argue that this claim is problematic in cases of discourse multiple dependencies i.e. cases where one discourse segment is semantically related to two discourse segments. I develop a discourse framework which is based on [Scha/Polanyi 1988] but integrates ideas from Feature-based Tree Adjoining Grammars (FTAGs). I then show that this new framework adequately captures multiple dependencies whilst retaining the precise linguistic predictions made by the discourse grammar. In particular, I show how it permits a simple modelling of discourse semantics, discourse coherence and discourse based constraints on anaphora resolution.},
ANNOTE = {COLIURL : Gardent:1994:DMD.pdf Gardent:1994:DMD.ps Gardent:1994:DMD.dvi}
}
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