Buch, Englisch, 682 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1160 g
Buch, Englisch, 682 Seiten, Format (B × H): 173 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1160 g
Reihe: Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory
ISBN: 978-0-19-921580-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press
This is the first full study of how people refer to entities in natural discourse. It contributes to the understanding of both linguistic diversity and the cognitive underpinnings of language and it provides a framework for further research in both fields. Andrej Kibrik focuses on the way specific entities are mentioned in natural discourse, during which about every third word usually depends on referential choice. He considers reference as an overt representation of
underlying cognitive processes and combines a theoretically-oriented cognitive approach with empirically-based cross-linguistic analysis. He begins by introducing the cognitive approach to discourse analysis and by examining the relationship between discourse studies and linguistic typology. He
discusses reference as a linguistic phenomenon, in connection with the traditional notions of deixis, anaphora, givenness, and topicality, and describes the way his theoretical approach is centered on notions of referent activation in working memory. He argues that the speaker is responsible for the shape of discourse and that referential expressions should be understood as choices made by speakers rather than as puzzles to be solved by addressees.
Kibrik examines the cross-linguistic aspects of reference and the typology of referential devices, including referring expressions per se, such as free and bound pronouns, and referential aids that help to tell apart the concurrently activated entities. This discussion is based on the data from about 200 languages from around the world. He then proposes a comprehensive model of referential choice, in which he draws on concepts from cognitive linguistics, psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology,
and cognitive neuroscience, and applies this to Russian and English. He also draws together his empirical analyses in order to examine what light his analysis of discourse can shed on the way information is processed in working memory. In the final part of the book Andrej Kibrik offers a wider
perspective, including deixis, referential aspects of gesticulation and signed languages.
This pioneering work will interest linguists and cognitive scientists interested in discourse, reference, typology, and the operations of working memory in linguistic communication.
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Part I: Preliminaries
1: Introduction
2: Basics of Reference in Discourse
Part II: Typology of Reduced Referential Devices
3: Major Types of Reduced Referential Devices
4: Pronouns and Related Categories
5: Sensitivities of Reduced Referential Devices
6: Challenges of Bound Pronouns
7: The Rise and Fall of Bound Tenacious Pronouns
Concluding Remarks to Part II
Part III: Typology of Referential Aids
8: Referential Aids
9: How Functional are Referential Aids?
Concluding Remarks to Part III
Part IV: The Cognitive Multi-Factorial Approach to Referential Choice
10: The Cognitive Multi-Factorial Approach
11: Referential Choice in Russian Narrative Prose
12: Referential Choice in English Narrative prose
13: Cognitive Inferences From the Linguistic Study of Reference in Discourse
14: Further Studies Based on the Cognitive Multi-factorial Approach
Concluding Remarks to Part IV
Part V: Broadening the Perspective
15: Reference and Visual Aspects of Discourse
Concluding Remarks to Part V
Conclusion
Appendices
References
Index of Languages
Index of Terms
