Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1. Background

1.2. Goals

1.3. Assumptions

1.4. Methodological and Theoretical Support

1.5. Methods and Procedures

1.6. Novelty and Originality

1.7. Ideas Verification

1.8. Outline of the Following Chapters

Chapter 2. Semantic Spaces

2.1. Semantics

2.2. Meaning-Representation

2.3. Ontologies

2.4. WordNet

2.5. SentiWordNet

2.6. FrameNet

2.7. VerbNet

Chapter 3. Discourse Analysis

3.1. Generalities

3.2. Main Approaches in Discourse Analysis

3.3. Main Problems with the Presented Approaches

3.4. Our Approach and the Advantages Provided

Chapter 4. Repetitions in Texts

4.1. Introduction of Repetition

4.2. Functions of Repetitions

4.3. Types of Linguistic Repetitions

4.4. Repetition and Rhythm

Chapter 5. Applications

5.1. Discourse Visualization and the Identification and Classification of the Most

Important Moments from that Discourse

5.2. Repetition and Rhythmicity-Based Assessment Model for Chat Conversations

5.3. Malapropisms Detection and Correction

5.4. Text Recovery

Chapter 6. Conclusions

6.1. Discussions

6.2. Final Conclusions

6.3. Contributions

References