So to Speak: A Computational and Empirical Investigation of Lexical Cohesion of Non-Literal and Literal Expressions in Text

Lexical cohesion is an important device for signaling text organization. In this paper, we investigate to what extent a particular class of expressions which can have a non-literal interpretation participates in the cohesive structure of a text. Specifically, we look...

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Main Authors: Alexis Palmer, Caroline Sporleder, Linlin Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires de Caen 2012-12-01
Series:Discours
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/discours/8731