Centering Theory in Discourse

This edited collection of previously unpublished papers focuses on Centering Theory, which has been developed in the context of computational linguistics and cognitive science. It concerns the principles by which sentences in a discourse are linked to one another. The authors' focus on naturally occurring data is part of a general trend towards empiricism in research on computational models of discourse.

Centering Theory has attracted the attention of an international interdisciplinary audience and this book is a significant contribution to a fast-moving field.