Kiterjedtségétl

Kiterjedtségétl is a theoretical metric in discourse analysis that describes the extent to which a statement in a text affects interpretation beyond its own sentence. It is not a standard term in established linguistics, but it is used in theoretical discussions and teaching to illustrate long-range cohesion and the reach of a proposition through a text.

Etymology and conceptually, the word blends the Hungarian kiterjedtség, meaning extent or breadth, with a fictional nominal ending to mark a measurable property. In examples, kiterjedtségétl is treated as a scalar quantity that can vary across different parts of a text, reflecting how widely a single assertion influences meaning, topics, or referential chains.

Formal properties and measurement methods vary by approach. In a common formulation, kiterjedtségétl is normalized between 0 and 1. It can be estimated from discourse graphs in which nodes are sentences and edges represent referential or thematic connections. The measure may combine factors such as the density of pronoun or noun-phrase chains, cross-sentence topic continuity, and the propagation of a key lemma or theme. Some implementations use distributional semantics to assess how far a concept’s embedding remains influential across segments.

Applications and uses include evaluating coherence in long-form texts, guiding editorial decisions, and informing natural language processing models about long-range dependencies. It can help compare texts by their cohesion profiles or guide methods for summarization and content planning to maintain balanced discourse reach.

Limitations include a lack of standard definition and language dependence. Measurement schemes can vary, and cross-linguistic comparability is limited. See also: coherence, cohesion, discourse analysis, text segmentation, long-range dependencies.