Treatment of Pronominal Anaphoric Devices in Urdu Discourse

Handling of human language by computer is a very intricate and complex task. In natural languages, the sentences are usually part of discourse units just as words are part of sentences. Anaphora resolution plays a significant role in discourse analysis for chopping larger discourse units into smaller ones. This process is done for the purpose of better understanding and making the processing of text easier by computer. This paper is focused on the discussion of various factors that play an important role in pronominal anaphora resolution in Urdu discourses. An algorithm is developed that resolves pronominal anaphoric devices with 86% success rate