Main description:
The last 15 years has seen an explosion of research on the topic of anaphora. Studies of anaphora have been important to our understanding of cognitive processes, the relationships between social interaction and grammar, and of directionality in diachronic change. The contributions to this volume represent the 'next generation' of studies in anaphora 2; defined broadly as those morpho-syntactic forms available to speakers for formulating reference 2; taking as their starting point the foundation of research done in the 1980s. These studies examine in detail, and with a richness of methods and theories, what patterns of anaphoric usage can reveal to us about cognition, social interaction, and language change.
Table of contents:
- Introduction
- The Discourse-referential and Typological Motivation of Pronominal Procliticization vs. Encliticization
- Referential Strategies and the Co-Construction of Argument Structure in Korean Acquisition
- Ad Hoc Hierarchy
- Proper Names as a Referential Option in English Conversation
- Interactional Motivations for Reference Formulation
- On Sources of Demonstratives and Anaphors
- Demonstratives in Narrative Discourse
- Anaphora in Russian Narrative Prose
- Anaphora, Deixis, and the Evolution of Latin Ille
- Conceptual Grouping and Pronominal Anaphora
- Patterns of Anaphora in To'aba'ita Narrative Discourse
- New Directions in Referentiality
- Some Practices for Referring to Persons in Talk-in-Interaction
- Topic Discontinuity and Zero Anaphora in Chinese Discourse
- Index
The last 15 years has seen an explosion of research on the topic of anaphora. Studies of anaphora have been important to our understanding of cognitive processes, the relationships between social interaction and grammar, and of directionality in diachronic change. The contributions to this volume represent the 'next generation' of studies in anaphora 2; defined broadly as those morpho-syntactic forms available to speakers for formulating reference 2; taking as their starting point the foundation of research done in the 1980s. These studies examine in detail, and with a richness of methods and theories, what patterns of anaphoric usage can reveal to us about cognition, social interaction, and language change.
Table of contents:
- Introduction
- The Discourse-referential and Typological Motivation of Pronominal Procliticization vs. Encliticization
- Referential Strategies and the Co-Construction of Argument Structure in Korean Acquisition
- Ad Hoc Hierarchy
- Proper Names as a Referential Option in English Conversation
- Interactional Motivations for Reference Formulation
- On Sources of Demonstratives and Anaphors
- Demonstratives in Narrative Discourse
- Anaphora in Russian Narrative Prose
- Anaphora, Deixis, and the Evolution of Latin Ille
- Conceptual Grouping and Pronominal Anaphora
- Patterns of Anaphora in To'aba'ita Narrative Discourse
- New Directions in Referentiality
- Some Practices for Referring to Persons in Talk-in-Interaction
- Topic Discontinuity and Zero Anaphora in Chinese Discourse
- Index