The discourse functions of Italian subjects: a centering approach

Authors:
Barbara Di Eugenio
Affiliations:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Venue:
COLING '96 Proceedings of the 16th conference on Computational linguistics - Volume 1
Year:
1996

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Abstract

This paper examines the discourse functions that different types of subjects perform in Italian within the centering framework (Grosz et al., 1995). I build on my previous work (Di Eugenio, 1990) that accounted for the alternation of null and strong pronouns in subject position. I extend my previous analysis in several ways: for example, I refine the notion of CONTINUE and discuss the centering functions of full NPs.