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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Language, Context and Cognition , 11
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Physical Description:1 online resource (408 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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