Inferences as (De)compositional Principles

Chapters in this book

1. I-VIII I
2. Part I
3. Intonation and Discourse 3
4. Sentence Sequences and Cotextual Connexity 26
5. Speech Act Sequences 54
6. Topic and Focus of a Sentence and the Patterning of a Text 70
7. Connective Relations – Connective Expressions – Connective Structures 97
8. Temporal and Aspectual Relations as Text-Constitutive Elements 134
9. Compositional Structure: Macrostructures 170
10. Part II
11. Word, Sentence, and Text Meaning 215
12. Some Issues in the Theory of Metaphor 269
13. Inferences as (De)compositional Principles 283
14. Part III
15. Context and Context Change 317
16. Things in Space and Time 377
17. Part IV
18. ‘Text’/‘Discourse’ Definitions 421
19. Static and Dynamic Aspects of Text Constitution 440
20. Connectedness of Texts: A Bibliographical Survey 478
21. Name Index 503
22. Subject Index 513
23. 517-520 517