The relationship between discourse structure and referentiality in Veins Theory

The aim of this paper is to give an intuitive look onto that part of the Veins Theory – a theory of discourse structure and cohesion – that deals with the relationship between discourse structure and referentiality. It formalizes the central notion of vein used to identify domains of referential accessibility for anaphors in the discourse. One application of the theory is to make corrections to discourse structure based on firm referential links.

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