Relações retóricas em textos: a contribuição do aspecto = Rhetorical relations in texts: the contribution of aspect

• Type: Article in National Scientific Journal
• Date: 2010

Authors

Oliveira, Fátima (Author) FLUP; Cunha, Luís Filipe (Author) Other; Silvano, Maria da Purificação (Author) FLUP

Journal

Title: Estudos Linguísticos = Linguistic Studies

No. 5

Pages: 277-292

ISSN: 1647-0346

Publisher: Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. Centro de Linguística (NOVA FCSH - CLUNL)

Other information

Abstract (EN): This paper aims at investigating how the rhetorical relations are inferred in a literary text and what is the role of aspect in the process of inference. With respect to the first point, it will be argued that the analysis of the text requires the consideration of two levels of representation as far as rhetorical relations are concerned: the rhetorical relations at a macro-structural level and the rhetorical relations at a micro-structural level. Regarding the second point, the claim is that the integration of the aspectual characteristics of the situations in the postulates on rhetorical relations can greatly improve the process of inference and contribute to a better understanding of the rhetorical relations. The adopted theoretical framework is the Segmented Discourse Representation Theory (Asher and Lascarides, 2003).

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific