Constraints in Discourse 3
Representing and inferring discourse structure
Editors
The analysis of discourse is probably one of the most complex problems of linguistics. It can be approached from many different directions, involving a large variety of different methods. This volume unites psycholinguistic studies, investigations of logical and computational models of discourse, corpus studies, and linguistic case studies of language-specific devices. This variety of approaches reflects the complexity of discourse production and understanding, and it also reflects the necessity of understanding the complex interplay of diverse parameters which influence these processes. The growing importance of corpus-based and experimental approaches to discourse analysis is duly reflected in this volume. Most of the chapters make use of them in one or the other form. This collection of articles grew out of the third installment of the Constraints in Discourse conferences, and will be of interest to researchers from linguistics, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science.
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 223] 2012. vii, 229 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 28 September 2012
Published online on 28 September 2012
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements | pp. vii–viii
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IntroductionAnton Benz and Manfred Stede | pp. 1–16
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Processing narrative texts: Melting frozen time?Berry Claus | pp. 17–44
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Through narrative planning towards the preverbal message: A DRT-based approachKatja Jasinskaja and Antje Rossdeutscher | pp. 45–76
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Bridges between events: Frame semantics and indirect anaphoraMatthias Irmer | pp. 77–108
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The semantics of French continuative rises in SDRTJacques Jayez and Mathilde Dargnat | pp. 109–136
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Coherence structure and lexical cohesion in expository and persuasive textsIldikó Berzlanovich, Markus Egg and Gisela Redeker | pp. 137–164
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Complex connectives in German: Complications for local coherence analysisManfred Stede and Kristin Irsig | pp. 165–182
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Differential properties of three discourse connectives in Turkish: A corpus-based analysis of Fakat, Yoksa, AyrıcaDeniz Zeyrek, Ümit Deniz Turan, Isin Demirsahin and Ruket Çakici | pp. 183–206
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Appositive relative clauses and their competing allostructures in English: An information-packaging approachRudy Loock | pp. 207–226
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Index | pp. 227–229
“This book is an extremely interesting and insightful contribution to the study of human communication on the Web. The research is exemplary and the results rewarding. It includes a comprehensive review of existing literature and useful suggestions for further research. Boasting an extensive bibliography, this work will clearly be an extremely valuable resource for those interested in computer-mediated discourse analysis, language on the Internet, and pragmatics in general. I recommend this book highly to all serious scholars as a fine example of pragmatic research.”
José Luis Berbeira Gardón, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain, Ibérica 24 (2012)
“This is an impressive volume. The papers will be very beneficial to scholars doing either discourse analysis or pragmatics.”
Wang Rongbin, Zhejiang University, in Discourse Studies 16.4.2014
Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFG: Semantics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General