Identifying zero pronouns in Japanese dialogue
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Japanese dialogue containing zero pronouns is analyzed for the purpose of automatic Japanese-Engl ish conversation translation. Topic-driven Discourse Structure is formalized which ident i f ies ma in ly non -human zero pronouns as a by-product. Other zero pronouns are handled us ing cogni t ive and soc io l ingu i s t i c i n fo rma t ion in honorific, deictic, speech-act and mental predicates. These are integrated into the model.
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تاریخ انتشار 1988