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Record 1 1992-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

A grammatical substitute to refer to a preceding word or group of word. The anaphoric pronoun "one" in "I prefer a big bun to a little one".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Le problème qui consiste à chercher le bon référent pronominal (souvent appelé anaphore pronominale par les linguistes) est l'un des plus difficiles à résoudre dans sa généralité.

OBS

La théorie de la représentation du discours (modèle TRD de H. Kamp) permet de représenter les problèmes de référence pronominale.

Spanish

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