Computer Science – Computation and Language
Scientific paper
1998-06-24
Proceedings of COLING-ACL'98 Workshop on Discourse Relations and Discourse Markers. (Reproduced with permission of the Univers
Computer Science
Computation and Language
7 pages, uses aclcol.sty
Scientific paper
We here explore a ``fully'' lexicalized Tree-Adjoining Grammar for discourse that takes the basic elements of a (monologic) discourse to be not simply clauses, but larger structures that are anchored on variously realized discourse cues. This link with intra-sentential grammar suggests an account for different patterns of discourse cues, while the different structures and operations suggest three separate sources for elements of discourse meaning: (1) a compositional semantics tied to the basic trees and operations; (2) a presuppositional semantics carried by cue phrases that freely adjoin to trees; and (3) general inference, that draws additional, defeasible conclusions that flesh out what is conveyed compositionally.
Joshi Aravind K.
Webber Bonnie Lynn
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