scholarly journals Rhetorical Structure Theory and the Practice of Korean Text Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (null) ◽  
pp. 261-288
Author(s):  
정여훈
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
Korean Text ◽  
Structure Theory ◽  
Rhetorical Structure

Rhetorical Structure Theory and Text Analysis

1992 ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Mann ◽  
Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen ◽  
Sandra A. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
Structure Theory ◽  
Rhetorical Structure

Text as tautology: an exploration in inference, transitivity, and logical compression

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Potter
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Representation ◽  
Propositional Logic ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Transitive Inference ◽  
Structure Theory ◽  
Rhetorical Structure ◽  
Logical Models ◽  
Logical Operations ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract Rhetorical structure theory (RST) and relational propositions have been shown useful in analyzing texts as expressions in propositional logic. Because these expressions are systematically derived, they may be expected to model discursive reasoning as articulated in the text. If this is the case, it would follow that logical operations performed on the expressions would be reflected in the texts. In this paper the logic of relational propositions is used to demonstrate the applicability of transitive inference to discourse. Starting with a selection of RST analyses from the research literature, analyses of the logic of relational propositions are performed to identify their corresponding logical expressions and within each expression to identify the inference path implicit within the text. By eliminating intermediary relational propositions, transitivity is then used to progressively compress the expression. The resulting compressions are applied to the corresponding texts and their compressed RST analyses. The application of transitive inference to logical expressions results in abridged texts that are intuitively coherent and logically compatible with their originals. This indicates an underlying isomorphism between the inferential structure of logical expressions and discursive coherence, and it confirms that these expressions function as logical models of the text. Potential areas for application include knowledge representation, logic and argumentation, and RST validation.

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