Bridging inferences : constraining and resolving underspecification in discourse interpretation / Matthias Irmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irmer, Matthias.

Series:

Language, context, and cognition ; v. 11.

Language, context, and cognition, 1866-8313 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents work on bridging inferences in discourse interpretation. It develops a formalization that permits integrating indirect anaphora in the construction of a structured discourse representation. From a broader perspective, it provides a suitable dynamic-logic framework which can account for underspecifications in cohesion and coherence of discourses by either inferentially resolving or contextually constraining them. Special attention is given to the resolution of bridging anaphora by means of integrating encyclopedic knowledge encoded in FrameNet into a formal theory of discourse structure as provided by Segmented Discourse Representation Theory. A second focus lies on the discourse effects of Clitic Left Dislocation in Spanish. In addition, the book provides a synopsis of the problems, methods, approaches, and desiderata of research on text, context, and discourse interpretation from formal, computational, cognitive, and psychological points of view. Central topics include pragmatic inferences and defeasible reasoning, the Common Ground, cohesion and anaphora resolution, coherence and discourse structure, and discourse interpretation. The volume may thus also serve as a reference book on text meaning and context.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Acknowledgements

Contents

Introduction

1 Pragmatic Inferences

2 The Common Ground and Intentions in Conversations

3 The Discourse Model and Discourse Anaphora

4 Discourse Structure

5 Discourse Interpretation

6 Bridging Inferences

7 Bridges Between Events

8 Bridging by Clitic Left Dislocation

Summary

List of Figures and Tables

List of Abbreviations

A Note on Used Corpora

Bibliography

Citation Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786613402677

9781283402675

128340267X

9783110262018

3110262010

OCLC:

763160691