Sentence examples for model of discourse from inspiring English sources

However, unlike a simple update semantics where discourse contexts are modeled as sets of worlds embodying the information established in the discourse so far these theories provide a more refined model of discourse contexts, one that also embodies the issues that have been raised so far.

A different direction of investigation is explored in Chen (1986), Tai (1978), Pu (1995, 2011), and, to some extent, in Li and Thompson (1979), following a general structural model of discourse and the use of anaphora developed in Hinds (1977, 1979) and Fox (1987 , 1996.

Optimality-Theory pragmatics (OT pragmatics, Blutner 2000; Blutner and Zeevat 2004) is another attempt at a computational modelling of discourse but unlike SDRT it makes use of a post-Gricean, intention-based account of discourse interpretation.

In contrast to previous methods of invited public deliberation, which privilege egalitarian-consensual models of discourse and decision-making, we test a novel approach that places majoritarian, individualistic, and consensual forms of public deliberation on an equal footing.

The essayist or orator is expected to frame his ideas with the help of model sentences and prescribed kinds of "figures" suitable to his mode of discourse.

The campaign was not exactly a model of reasoned discourse.

In doing so, he has presented what some see as a model of brotherly discourse to religious leaders here.

After accepting this model of open discourse, no university can reasonably claim to be "dishonored" by views expressed by students or faculty members, since they do not reflect the collective thinking of the university.

In the eighties and early nineties, Cosby starred in "The Cosby Show," a sitcom that was not only a ratings monster but a model of civil discourse and traditional values at a time of gangsta rap and trash talk.

Despite violence and interfaith disputes during his visit to the Holy Land, Pope John Paul II has stayed above the fray, and offered what some see as a model of brotherly discourse.

The challenge, then, is to show how an idealized model of practical discourse connects with real institutional contexts of decision-making.