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Publication details [#17829]

Lagerwerf, Luuk. 1998. Causal connectives have presuppositions: Effects on coherence and discourse structure. (LOT international series 10). Holland Academic. 253 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

coherence | connective | discourse analysis | discourse structure | presupposition

Language as a subject

Dutch | English

ISBN

90-5569-53-8

Annotation

This book details the discourse semantic properties of causal connectives and their presuppositions. It is argued that presuppositions exploit lexical knowledge to infer causal coherence relations, which, in turn, affect antecedents of propositional anaphors in discourse structure.

Reviewed by

Spooren, Wilbert. 2001. Review of $Causal connectives have presuppositions: Effects on coherence and discourse structure.