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Constraints in discourse / edited by Anton Benz, Peter Kühnlein

Published
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 292 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Benz, Anton, 1965- and Kühnlein, Peter
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English.
Contents
Constraints in Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Constraints in discourse; An introduction; Part I. The Right Frontier; Troubles on the right frontier; The moving right frontier; Part II. Comparing Frameworks; Strong generative capacity of rst, sdrt and discourse dependency dagss; Rhetorical distance revisited -- A parameterized approach*; Underspecified discourse representation*; Part III. The Cognitive Perspective; Dependency precedes independence; Accessing discourse referents introduced in negated phrases.
Summary
It is a commonplace to say that the meaning of text is more than the conjunction of the meaning of its constituents. But what are the rules governing its interpretation, and what are the constraints that define well-formed discourse? Answers to these questions can be given from various perspectives. In this edited volume, leading scientists in the field investigate these questions from structural, cognitive, and computational perspectives. The last decades have seen the development of numerous formal frameworks in which the structure of discourse can be analysed, the most important of them bei.
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9789027291431 (electronic bk.)
9027291438 (electronic bk.)
1282152106
9781282152106
9786612152108
6612152109
9789027254160 (hb ; alk. paper)
9027254168 (hb ; alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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