Thus, the content-determination and rhetorical planning functions are not integrated in AlethGen, but separated in two different sub-modules. On one hand, Ale thGen ' s Rhetorical planner produces surface rhetorical representation (not intermediate, as for example in RST [Mann & Thompson 88]). On the need for surface rhetorical representation, see [Coch & David 94]. On the other hand, Rhetorica...

Scholarly attention to Colossians in the recent past has included attention to the nature of the Colossian heresy,1 the hymn to Christ in Col. 1:15-20,2 and the literary style of Colossians generally.3 Although rhetorical studies of Colossians have appeared, comprehensive rhetorical studies which consider the letter’s invention, arrangement, and style have been few in number.4 The current artic...

To the Editor: Le Manach et al. present a study demonstrating the experimental applicability of changes in pulse pressure variation (dPPV) for the prediction of changes in cardiac output (dCO). The study is accompanied by a panegyric editorial answering the rhetorical question whether we need to monitor CO during surgery with a resounding NO! We now have dPPV!1,2 There is, however, a number of ...

This study investigates two types of clausal structures in American Sign Language (ASL), “rhetorical” whquestions and doubling constructions. Following work by Petronio (1993), I assume the stance that rhetorical wh-questions are pseudoclefts (wh-clefts). Unlike languages that use focus particles or relative clause-like structures, here ASL achieves the semantic properties of a cleft by moving ...

This paper analyzes the influence of common ground (Clark 1996, Stalnaker 2002) on the variable use of Whinterrogatives in Brazilian Portuguese, in which four different structures are employed with semanticpragmatic equivalence: (1) Onde você mora? (Where you live?); (2) Onde que você mora? (Where that you live?); (3) Onde é que você mora? (Where is-it that you live?); and (4) Você mora onde? (...

Tile Sumerian proverb in the title is invoked by Julian Jaynes (1976) as he documents the laborious process of coming to consciousness. This activity is the cognitive labor that enables us to arrive at a question about the precise relationship between two types of knowledge, or ask if "rhetorical relations [are] the realizations of intentions, or should . . . be discarded as simply a misconstru...

Introduction This article focuses on a Natural Language Processing (NLP) approach for the analysis of citation functions in scientific papers. Bibliometric studies traditionally rely on citation metadata and count the number of times a publication has been cited. However, some recent studies rely also on full text processing on papers, e.g. (Boyack et al., 2013), (Bertin et al., 2013, 2014). Th...

Persuasive negotiation occurs when autonomous agents exchange proposals that are backed up by rhetorical arguments (such as threats, rewards, or appeals). The role of such rhetorical arguments is to persuade the negotiation opponent to accept proposals more readily. To this end, this paper presents a rhetorical model of persuasion that defines the main types of rhetorical particles that are use...

Coherent texts are not just simple sequences of clauses and sentences, but rather complex artifacts that have highly elaborate rhetorical structure. This paper explores the extent to which well-formed rhetorical structures can be automatically derived by means of surface-form-based algorithms. These algorithms identify discourse usages of cue phrases and break sentences into clauses, hypothesiz...

In this chapter, we examine a case concerning a Michigan State University student (Maggie) whose image, taken in 2005 on university grounds during a student protest for fair trade apparel, was unknowingly appropriated and remixed by the university in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. We argue that the appropriation of her image raises serious questions for rhetorical strategies of delivery, as well a...