Discourse Markers and Rhetorical Relations

These flashcards cover key vocabulary related to discourse markers and rhetorical relations as discussed in the lecture notes.

Discourse Markers

Words or phrases that guide the text receiver in recognizing coherence relations within discourse.

Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST)

A framework for analyzing text coherence and structure by examining relationships between text parts.

Coherence Relations

Relations that hold together different parts of discourse and contribute to its perceived coherence.

Connectives

Words or phrases that signal specific logical relationships between statements or clauses in a text.

Paratactic Relations

Relations where text spans are linked at the same level without dependency.

Hypotactic Relations

Relations where one text span is dependent on another for meaning.

Corpus Analysis

A method of studying language through the examination of structured collections of texts.

Signalling Devices

Elements in a text that indicate relationships between segments, including discourse markers.

Elaboration Relation

A type of coherence relation that provides additional information about a subject.

Causal Relation

A coherence relation indicating a cause-and-effect relationship between text segments.