noun
discourse representation theory; DRT
A formal semantic framework in linguistics that models the interpretation of discourse by constructing structured representations (discourse representation structures).
談話表示理論は、代名詞の照応関係を形式的に扱うために提案された。
Discourse representation theory was proposed to formally handle anaphoric relations of pronouns.
この論文では、談話表示理論を用いて時制の解釈を分析している。
This paper analyzes tense interpretation using discourse representation theory.
Discourse representation structure (DRS) is the formal representation constructed within DRT, while 談話表示理論 refers to the overall theory.
Calque from English 'discourse representation theory'. The term was coined in formal semantics in the 1980s.