Rhetorical structure theory: A theory of text organization (ISI reprint series. University of Southern California. Information Sciences Institute)

Rhetorical Structure Theory: A Theory of Text Organization Reprinted from The Structure of Discourse Willam

C. Mann

Sandra A. Thompson ISI/RS-87-190 June 1987

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Cniversity ofSouthern California William C. Mann Sandra A. Thompson

Rhetorical Structure Theory: A Theory of Text Organization Reprinted from The Structure of Discourse.

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