On identifying basic discourse units in speech: theoretical and empirical issues

In spite of its crucial role in discourse segmentation and discourse interpretation, there is no consensus in the literature on what a discourse unit is and how it should be identified. Working with spoken data, we claim that the basic discourse unit (BDU) is a multi-dimensional unit that should be...

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Main Authors: Liesbeth Degand, Anne Catherine Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses universitaires de Caen 2009-06-01
Series:Discours
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/discours/5852