Motivations and implications of veins theory: a discussion of discourse cohesion

Abstract

The paper deals with the cohesion part of a model of global discourse interpretation, usually known as Veins Theory (VT). By taking the notion of nuclearity (though ignoring relations), from the Rhetorical Structure Theory, VT computes strings of discourse units, called veins, from which domains of accessibility can be determined for each discourse unit. VT's constructs best fit with an incremental view on discourse processing. Linguistic observations that lead to the elaboration of the theory are presented. Cognitive aspects like short-term memory and on-line summarization are explained in terms of VT's constructs. Complementary remarks are made on anaphora and its resolution in relation with the interpretation of discourse.

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“…They concluded that multilingual WSDs are more precise than monolingual ones. Cristea (2009) examined cohesion as part of the veins theory. He computed strings of discourse units to find the best fit, taking an incremental view of discourse processing, linguistic observations, cognitive shortterm memory, and online summarization.…”