Analysis of Coherence Relations in a Fragment by Cicero
Keywords:
Rhetorical Structure Theory, coherence relations, Cicero, Laelius de amicitiaAbstract
The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the problems and methods in the analysis of coherence relations, mainly as they are understood in Rhetorical Structure Theory. Then, a fragment by Cicero’s Laelius De Amicitia is analyzed in order to discover the web of relations of coherence.
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