Discourse Unit ( Concept )
http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/DiscourseUnit
Thing
|_ Abstract
|_ Linguistic Unit
|_ Discourse Unit
Definition:
Discourse is the name given to stretches of language longer than one sentence, e.g., conversations, narratives, arguments, and speeches. A discourse unit is an identifiable structure within a discourse. The form of a discourse unit is partly determined by genre and partly by its social context. [Aristar-Dry 2010 (p.c.); based on Mills 1997]
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| Properties | Values | Definition |
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acoustic Realization
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Spoken Linguistic Expression | The relation between some linguistic unit and its corresponding spoken expression. |
constituents
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Thing | The relation holding between a linguistic unit and a list (rdf:Seq) of its constituents. |
has Constituent
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Linguistic Unit | The relation hasConstituent is an abstract partial ordering relation that expresses dominance between two linguistic units. This relation is meant to cover all possible types of linguistic constituency: phonological, morphological, syntactic, etc. constituency. |
in Language
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Human Language Variety | The relation that holds between a LinguisticSign and a Language. The sign is said to be a member or part of that language. |
ordering Relation
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Linguistic Unit | Any relation that establishes a linear ordering of linguistic units. |
realization
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Linguistic Expression | The relation holding between a linguistic unit and its physical form, either a spoken, written or signed expression. |
signed Realization
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Signed Linguistic Expression | The relation between some linguistic unit and its corresponding signed expression. |
string Rep
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written Realization
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Written Linguistic Expression | The relation between some linguistic unit and its corresponding written expression. |
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Subcategorization of DiscourseUnit missing
2010-06-16 12:10:12
2010-06-16 12:10:12
As the sister nodes of DiscourseUnit (FormUnit, GrammarUnit, SemanticUnit) all have child nodes with subtypes, it would make sense to have subtypes for DiscourseUnit as well, e.g. 'Narrative Unit' (e.g., Abstract, Coda, etc.), 'Conversational Unit' (e.g., turn, opening, closing, etc.).