Discourse Relations, Coherence and Temporal Relations

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In this paper I want to examine several inter-related claims. First, the claim that discourse relations exist (e.g. Hobbs 1979,1985, Mann & Thompson 1992). Second, the claim that discourse relations are coherence-based (ibid.). And third, the claim that discourse relations play an important role in the derivation of temporal relations between the eventualities described by utterances (Lascarides & Asher 1993). Moreover, I aim to substantiate Kamp & Reyle's (1993:528) comment:

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