Control of Inference: Role of Some Aspects of Discourse Structure-Centering
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The purpose o f t h i s commun ica t i on i s t o exam i n e one p a r t i c u l a r a s p e c t o f d i s c o u r s e s t r u c t u r e , name l y , a d i s c o u r s e c o n s t r u c t c a l l e d c e n t e r o f a sen tence ( u t t e r a n c e ) i n d i s c o u r s e and i t s r e l a t i o n t o t he l a r g e r i s s u e o f c o n t r o l o f i n f e r e n c e . W e have d e s c r i b e d v e r y b r i e f l y t h e n o t i o n o f c e n t e r ( s ) o f a s e n t e n c e in d i s c o u r s e and d i s c u s s e d how t h e c e n t e r i n g phenomenon m i g h t be i n c o r p o r a t e d in a f o r m a l mode l o f i n f e r e n c e and i t s r e l a t i o n t o t h e i n t r i n s i c c o m p l e x i t y o f c e r t a i n i n f e r e n c e s .
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