A coherence-based approach to the interpretation of non-sentential utterances in dialogue

This thesis is concerned with the syntax, compositional semantics and contextually-situated interpretation of a certain kind of non-sentential utterance occuring in dialogue, namely one where the utterance, despite its ‘incomplete’ syntactic form, is intended to convey a proposition, a question or a...

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Main Author: Schlangen, David
Other Authors: Lascarides, Alex. ; Grover, Claire
Published: University of Edinburgh 2003
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.561818

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