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A Hybrid Logic Formalization of Information Structure Sensitive Discourse Interpretation

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It is commonly agreed nowadays that information structure is a crucial aspect of the linguistic meaning of a sentence and its interpretation in discourse context. Here, we present an information-structure sensitive account of discourse interpretation, formalized as a hybrid modal logic, which can be smoothly related to a dependency grammar. This formalization creates a bridge between the Praguian approach to information structure and contemporary accounts of dynamic discourse interpretation.

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  1. Computational Linguistics, University of the Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Geert-Jan M. Kruijff & Ivana Kruijff-Korbayová

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  1. Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, University of West Bohemia in Plzeň, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Univerzitní 22, 306-14, Plzeň, Czech Republic

    Václav Matoušek , Pavel Mautner , Roman Mouček  & Karel Taušer , ,  & 

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Kruijff, GJ.M., Kruijff-Korbayová, I. (2001). A Hybrid Logic Formalization of Information Structure Sensitive Discourse Interpretation. In: Matoušek, V., Mautner, P., Mouček, R., Taušer, K. (eds) Text, Speech and Dialogue. TSD 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2166. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44805-5_4

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