Limited Attention and Discourse Structure

dc.creatorWalker, Marilyn A.
dc.date1995-12-18
dc.date1996-08-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:58:42Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:58:42Z
dc.descriptionThis squib examines the role of limited attention in a theory of discourse structure and proposes a model of attentional state that relates current hierarchical theories of discourse structure to empirical evidence about human discourse processing capabilities. First, I present examples that are not predicted by Grosz and Sidner's stack model of attentional state. Then I consider an alternative model of attentional state, the cache model, which accounts for the examples, and which makes particular processing predictions. Finally I suggest a number of ways that future research could distinguish the predictions of the cache model and the stack model.
dc.description9 pages, uses twoside,cl,lingmacros
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cmp-lg/9512003
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cmp-lg/9512003
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/147432
dc.subjectComputation and Language
dc.titleLimited Attention and Discourse Structure
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