Limited Attention and Discourse Structure
<|reference_start|>Limited Attention and Discourse Structure: This squib examines the role of limited attention in a theory of discourse structure and proposes a model of attentional state that relates current hierarchical theories of discourse structure to empirical evidence about human discourse processing capabilities. First, I present examples that are not predicted by Grosz and Sidner's stack model of attentional state. Then I consider an alternative model of attentional state, the cache model, which accounts for the examples, and which makes particular processing predictions. Finally I suggest a number of ways that future research could distinguish the predictions of the cache model and the stack model.<|reference_end|>
@article{walker1995limited,
    title={Limited Attention and Discourse Structure},
    author={Marilyn A. Walker},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:cmp-lg/9512003},
    year={1995},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={cmp-lg/9512003},
    primaryClass={cmp-lg cs.CL}
}