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			    ITK-COLLOQUIUM
				 and
			    DANDELION-TALK


			    CLAIRE GARDENT
   (Universiteit van Amsterdam and Universite de Clermont-Ferrand)
 
	  MODELLING MULTIPLE VP ANAPHORA RESOLUTION WITHIN A
		     UNIFICATION BASED FRAMEWORK.


An assumption shared by many theories of discourse is that discourse
structure constrains anaphora resolution (cf. [Grosz/Sidner 1986] for
definite NPs, [Nakhimosky 1988] for temporal anaphora and [Webber
1990] for deictic pronouns). In my talk, I argue that VP anaphora (VPA)
is also constrained by discourse structure. More specifically, I
consider the case of multiple VPA and contend that their resolution can
be explained by the discourse relations of parallelism and contrast. I
then show how a unification-based discourse grammar can be used to
implement the proposed analysis.


	       Thursday, Nov. 19, 1992, 14.45h - 15.45h

    Institute for Language Technology and Artificial Intelligence
		   Warandelaan 2, 5037 GC, Tilburg
			     Room: X 6