Lavid López, Julia The role of global structures and local relations in text generation : a contrastive study LAVID LÓPEZ, Julia. “The role of global structures and local relations in text generation : a contrastive study”. Procesamiento del lenguaje natural. Nº 18 (mayo 1996), pp. 63-86 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/2173 DOI: ISSN: 1135-5948 Abstract: Global discourse structures and local discourse relations are complementary modes of textual organization which an automated text generation system must account for and treat as interactive knowledge resources. To illustrate this interaction, we analyse a medical case report in terms of the two approaches. The results of the analysis will help to show how both kinds of structures are necessary for descriptive and text generation purposes. Keywords:Global structures, Local relations, Text generation Sociedad Española para el Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural info:eu-repo/semantics/article