LinguisticsComputer Science

Rhetorical Structure Theory: Toward a functional theory of text organization

W. Mann, S. Thompson

1988.8.1Text & Talk

DOI: 10.1515/text.1.1988.8.3.243

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This paper establishes a new definitional foundation for RST and examines three Claims of RST: the predominance of nucleus/satellite structural pattems, the functional basis of hierarchy, and the communicative role oftext Structure.

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MANN, W.; THOMPSON, S. Rhetorical structure theory: Toward a functional theory of text organization. Text & Talk, 1988, 8: 243–281.