Switch Reference and Discourse Anaphora: Lessons from Mbyá

2019 ◽  
pp. 270-281
Author(s):  
Guillaume Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Anaphora

Remarks on propositional nominalization

2020 ◽  
pp. 255-276
Author(s):  
Keir Moulton
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Similar Pattern ◽  
Propositional Content ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Discourse Referent ◽  
Discourse Anaphora

Moulton’s ‘Remarks on propositional nominalization’ investigates nominalization at the highest reaches of the extended verbal projection, finite CPs. While CPs can express propositions, Moulton puts forward the novel claim that only nominalization of CPs by a semantically-contentful N can deliver reference to propositional objects. This conclusion is in contrast to the propositional nominalization operations proposed in Chierchia (1984), Potts (2002), and Takahashi (2010). Evidence comes from a correlation between two types of D+CP constructions in Spanish (Picallo, 2002; Serrano, 2014, 2015) and the kind of propositions they can describe. Moulton then shows that a similar pattern arises in the case of exophoric propositional proforms, a novel observation. Putting the two case studies together, the following picture emerges: Natural language does not permit reference to proposition-like objects directly by adding a D to a CP, but only via some content-bearing entity (e.g. Moltmann’s (2013) attitudinal objects). In the case of propositional nominalizations, this entity must come in the form a lexical N; in the case of propositional discourse anaphora, this must come in the form of a discourse referent that bears propositional content, such as an assertion event (Hacquard, 2006). <189>

Discourse Anaphora

2006 ◽  
pp. 631-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Cornish
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Anaphora

scholarly journals TWO MARKED TYPES OF DISCOURSE ANAPHORA IN ENGLISH

2005 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-298
Author(s):  
KOICHI NISHIDA
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Anaphora

The Pragmatics of Discourse Anaphora in English: Evidence from Conversational Repair

Language ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Yan Huang ◽  
Ronald Geluykens
Keyword(s):  
Conversational Repair ◽  
Discourse Anaphora

Discourse Anaphora Resolution Strategy Based on Syntactic and Semantic Analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 8204-8211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Qiang ◽  
Ruiliang Ma ◽  
Wei Wei
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Anaphora Resolution ◽  
Resolution Strategy ◽  
Discourse Anaphora

The Prime Minister, Ingvar Carlsson, He or Ingvar? Anaphoric Expressions in Newspaper Discourse

1996 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-80
Author(s):  
Per Ledin
Keyword(s):  
Prime Minister ◽  
Main Character ◽  
News Values ◽  
Psychological Phenomena ◽  
News Reports ◽  
Discourse Anaphora

This paper deals with anaphoric expressions in news reports. It is argued that many aspects of discourse anaphora cannot be accounted for within the dominant cognitive paradigm, where anaphoric NPs are conceived of as representations of invariant and universal psychological phenomena. As demonstrated in the paper, anaphoric NPs are intertwined with different social and ideological processes. Anaphoric NPs can for example be used to individuate the main character to a lesser or greater degree, a use that in turn can be seen as a manifestation of basic news values, such as personalization and objectivity.

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