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Information-Relations

The fourth aspect of the Backward Looking Function is the Information relation, which captures how the content of the current utterance relates to the content of its antecedent. This category is not currently elaborated and will be the subject of future study. For the moment, this aspect provides a hook for individual groups to experiment with their own schemes for encoding this information.



Mark Core
Mon Sep 22 20:05:25 EDT 1997