Chapter 6
Discourse coherence
Article outline
- 6.1Re-orientation
- 6.2The coherence structure of discourse
- 6.3Referential coherence as grounding
- 6.3.1Continuity, connectivity and grounding
- 6.3.2Temporal axis: Anaphoric vs. cataphoric grounding
- 6.4Intermezzo: The domain of reference
- 6.4.1Truth and reference in the Real World
- 6.4.2Referential intent in a universe of discourse
- 6.4.3Reference and propositional modalities
- 6.4.4Reference vs. topicality/importance
- 6.5The grammar of anaphoric continuity
- 6.5.1High-continuity grammatical devices
- 6.5.2Low-continuity devices
- 6.6Quantitative text-distribution of major referent-coding devices
- 6.6.1Preliminaries
- 6.6.2Individual languages
- a.English
- b.Spoken Ute
- c.Biblical Hebrew
- d.Spoken Spanish
- e.Spoken Japanese
- f.Spoken Mandarin Chinese
- 6.6.3Word order, topicality and referential continuity
- a.Word-order and referential continuity in spoken English
- b.Word order and referential continuity in spoken Ute
- c.Word-order, tense-aspect and referential continuity in Early
Biblical Hebrew
- 6.6.4Interim summary
- 6.7The grammar of referential coherence as mental processing
instructions
- 6.7.1Preamble
- 6.7.2Filing and storage conventions
- 6.7.3Cognitive operations
- 6.8Discussion
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Notes
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Abbreviations of grammatical terms