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| How to Proceed with Ambiguity in Discourse Relations? A Proposal Based on Connectivity Variables | page 117-134 | ||
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This paper makes a contribution to the description of ambiguous discourse relations.
The description is based on four variables in discourse connections: a. the
status of the segments (nucleus and satellite), b. the anaphoric or cataphoric
connection, c. the ‘linking point’, d. the ‘anchor position’.
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This description
model is illustrated with a specimen of discourse that has already been analysed
in three different ways in Rhetorical Structure Theory. This contribution concludes
with a proposal presenting some criteria on how to deal with ambiguous
discourse relations.
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| keywords: ambiguity, connectivity, Rhetorical Structure Theory, | |||
