Correlating DRDs with other types of discourse phenomena: Cross-linguistic analysis of the interplay between DRDs, coreference and bridging
Abstract
Since translations are influenced by various factors of translation process, it is often difficult to explain the real reasons of a certain construction used in translation data. The present contribution describes a cross-linguistic analysis of the interplay between discourse-relational devices (DRDs) and other discourse-related phenomena, such as coreference and bridging relations.
The difference between the phenomena under analysis lies in the type of relations, which is expressed by a corresponding device. DRDs express logico-semantic relations between propositions, such as contrast, time, addition and others).
Coreference serves the task of linking identical objects or events (i.e. complex anaphors) and bridging anaphora expresses non-identical or near-identical relations between referents, linking them with semantic interconnection.