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Noun phrase, or surrogate, functioning to identify some individual object
In linguistics, a referring expression (RE) is any noun phrase, or surrogate for a noun phrase, whose function in discourse is to identify some individual object. The technical terminology for identify differs a great deal from one school of linguistics to another. The most widespread term is probably refer, and a thing identified is a referent, as for example in the work of John Lyons. In linguistics, the study of reference relations belongs to pragmatics, the study of language use, though it is also a matter of great interest to philosophers, especially those wishing to understand the nature of knowledge, perception and cognition more generally. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Referring expressionA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: LGR-NET: Language Guided Reasoning Network for Referring Expression ComprehensionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Exhilarating ProseThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Referring Expression Comprehension: A Survey of Methods and DatasetsCited 88 times
- Go sideways: NounA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Anaphora (linguistics)A closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Referring Expression Comprehension: A Survey of Methods and Datasets
The effect of animacy on the choice of referring expression
Discriminative Triad Matching and Reconstruction for Weakly Referring Expression Grounding
Unambiguous Scene Text Segmentation With Referring Expression Comprehension
Query Reconstruction Network for Referring Expression Image Segmentation
Referring Expression Comprehension Using Language Adaptive Inference
Cycle-Free Weakly Referring Expression Grounding With Self-Paced Learning
Attribute-Guided Attention for Referring Expression Generation and Comprehension
🆕 Influential since 2022
LGR-NET: Language Guided Reasoning Network for Referring Expression Comprehension
Multiple Relational Learning Network for Joint Referring Expression Comprehension and Segmentation
Room-Object Entity Prompting and Reasoning for Embodied Referring Expression
REVE-CE: Remote Embodied Visual Referring Expression in Continuous Environment
Cross-modality synergy network for referring expression comprehension and segmentation
📚 Books worth reading
Exhilarating ProseBarry Healey, Cordelia Strube · 2015- 📕Stochastic Dynamics for Systems BiologyChristian Mazza, Michel Benaim · 2016
Cloud Computing Using Oracle Application ExpressRiaz Ahmed · 2016
Elements of Comparative Grammar in Five Romance LanguagesFabio de Castro Juvencio · 2021
eXitSource 2001 · 2001- 📕Uncertainties, mysteries, doubtsRobert Snell · 2012
A handbook of public speaking for scietists and engineersPeter Kenny · 1985
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