What is an interpretation relation?

Definition
	An interpretation relation is an interpropositional relation in which some proposition(s) relate the content of some other proposition(s) to a different framework of ideas, a framework other than the speaker's value judgments.

Example (English)

A steep decline in capital spending has occurred; such a decline is unusual at this stage in an economic expansion.

Adapted from:

Mann and Thompson 1987b 67

Generic
	An interpretation relation is a kind of
	What is an interpropositional relation?

Source
	Mann and Thompson 1987b 67–69

Concept module: interpretation relation
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): I
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
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