Bridging Inferences : : Constraining and Resolving Underspecification in Discourse Interpretation / / Matthias Irmer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Irmer, Matthias,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Language, Context and Cognition , 11
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (408 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110262018; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110261189; 9783110261233; 9783110261226; 9783110261240
• ISSN: 1866-8313
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110262018
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Matthias Irmer.

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.