Discourse relation

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A discourse relation (or rhetorical relation) is a description of how two segments of discourse are logically connected to one another.

One method of modeling discourse involves a set of concepts that constitute "segmented discourse representation theory" (SDRT).

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[edit] SDRT

Asher and Lascarides categorize the discourse relations formalized in SDRT into five classes.

[edit] Content-level relations

[edit] Text structuring relations

[edit] Cognitive-level discourse relations

[edit] Divergent relations

[edit] Metatalk relations

  • Consequence*(α,β)[1]
  • Explanation*(α,β)[1]
  • Explanation*q(α,β)[1]
  • Result*(α,β)[1]

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d Asher and Lascarides (2003): 333

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[edit] External links



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