Integrating discourse relations into lexical semantics
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چکیده
Not much is known about the linguistic resources other than discourse connectors for signalling coherence relations. We present here non discourse connector resources for marking coherence relations, namely “discourse verbs” and “discourse prepositions”. “Discourse verbs” are verbs such as precede or cause which take as arguments eventualities or facts. They enter into competition with discourse connectives (next, as a result). We propose lexical entries for these verbs which include discourse relations. This allows periphrastic links between utterances with discourse verbs and utterances with discourses connectives to be formally established. An example of discourse preposition is with in John is crazy with grief.
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