A Neural Graph-based Local Coherence Model

The aim of the paper is to map various types of anaphor to the centering transitions in the corpus of Serbian newspaper articles. Centering Theory (WALKER, JOSHI ET AL. 1998) is a theory of local coherence in which four types of transitions are used as parameters of coherence. As is hypothesized in the previous literature based on various languages, the CONTINUE transition is mostly characterized by a minimal form (a zero form of the topic), while the SMOOTH and ROUGH shifts are found with a full noun phrase topic. The analysis shows that the ?Ordering Rule? of Centering Theory is not fully followed in the written corpus of the Serbian language since SMOOTH SHIFT has been identified as a prevalent type of transition in the corpus. The following two reasons were identified for that: (1) the genre of the newspaper articles, and (2) the way clauses are combined within a complex sentence in the Serbian written corpus.

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REPRESENTASI KEBAHASAAN DALAM TEKS BERITA SURAT KABAR (SEBUAH ANALISIS WACANA KRITIS)

Diksi ◽

10.21831/diksi.v16i1.6565 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Hasan Busri

Keyword(s):

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Data Sources ◽

News Item ◽

Social Functions ◽

Explanatory Analysis ◽

Local Coherence ◽

Main Instrument

Representation is a strategy that journalists employ to present events in newsitems. Language expresses social functions and meanings in situational and culturalcontexts in society. This study employed phenomenology. The data sources were dailynewspapers Kompas, Jawa Pos, and Surya, which were randomly selected. The data werecollected through focused observations, theoretical and logical triangulations, andsnowballing. The researcher was the main instrument, equipped with a data codification,descriptive analysis guideline, explanatory analysis guideline, and data corpus table. Thedata were analyzed by using the descriptive and critical discourse analyses. The analysiswas interactive, involving reduction, display, and inference drawing (verification). Thestudy shows the following findings. (1) Vocabulary representation consists of associationand metaphor. (2) Grammar representation consists of process and participation. (3)Representation of clause combination or local coherence consists of elaboration,additional extension, contrast extension, optional extension, and heightening extension.Keywords: representation, news item, critical discourse

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