The role of global structures and local relations in text generationa contrastive study
ISSN: 1135-5948
Year of publication: 1996
Issue: 18
Pages: 63-87
Type: Article
More publications in: Procesamiento del lenguaje natural
Abstract
Global discourse structures and local discourse relations are complementary modes of textual organization which an automated text generation system must account for and treat as interactive knowledge resources. To illustrate this interaction, we analyse a medical case report in terms of the two approaches. The results of the analysis will help to show how both kinds of structures are necessary for descriptive and text generation purposes.