The Didactic Networks proposed in this paper are based on previous publications in the field of the RSR (Rhetorical-Semantic Relations). The RSR is a set of primitive relations used for building a specific kind of semantic networks for artificial intelligence applications on the web: the RSN (Rhetorical-Semantic Networks). We bring into focus the RSR application in the field of elearning, by de...

The goal of this research was to find a way to extend the capabilities of computers through the processing of language in a more human way, and present applications which demonstrate the power of this method. This research presents a novel approach, Rhetorical Analysis, to solving problems in Natural Language Processing (NLP). The main benefit of Rhetorical Analysis, as opposed to previous appr...

Rhetorical figures, which are frequently applied in advertisements, can add literary flavor to the texts, gratify audiences’ aesthetic needs, and deepen their impression. In advertisement translation, it is very common that the rhetorical figures applied in the original text are replaced with new ones in the translation. This research focuses on rhetorical figures’ function of enhancing audienc...

The present research addressed the prosodic realization of global and local text structure and content in the spoken discourse data produced by Persian EFL learners. Two newspaper articles were analyzed using Rhetorical Structure Theory. Based on these analyses, the global structure in terms of hierarchical level, the local structure in terms of the relative importance of text segments and the ...

Thus, the content-determination and rhetorical planning functions are not integrated in AlethGen, but separated in two different sub-modules. On one hand, Ale thGen ' s Rhetorical planner produces surface rhetorical representation (not intermediate, as for example in RST [Mann & Thompson 88]). On the need for surface rhetorical representation, see [Coch & David 94]. On the other hand, Rhetorica...

Scholarly attention to Colossians in the recent past has included attention to the nature of the Colossian heresy,1 the hymn to Christ in Col. 1:15-20,2 and the literary style of Colossians generally.3 Although rhetorical studies of Colossians have appeared, comprehensive rhetorical studies which consider the letter’s invention, arrangement, and style have been few in number.4 The current artic...

This work reports a visual direct manipulation approach to information ltering with a knowledge extraction strategy based on Rhetorical Structure Theory and Formal Concept Analysis. The work is multimodal in two ways: (i) it uses a text tagger to identify key terms in free text, these terms are then used as indexation lters over the free text; (ii) it aims to normalise the content of a number o...