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Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics

discourse semantics

A type of semantics that focuses on the semantic relations of sentences within a text. Central concepts include anaphora and cataphora, which extend beyond sentential boundaries, and phenomena such as model subordination. ( also discourse representation theory)

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Seuren, P.A.M. 1985. Discourse semantics. Oxford.

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Discourse Semantics from Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. ISBN: 0-203-98005-0. Published: 12-03-1998. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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