Referring expressions in English and Japanese: patterns of use in dialogue processing
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Main Author: Yoshida, Etsuko (Author)
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. Co. 2011
Series:Pragmatics & beyond 208
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Edinburgh, 2008 under the title: Patterns of use of referring expressions in English and Japanese Dialogues
Includes bibliographical references and index
It is a major challenge for linguists to explore the relations between referential choice and the discourse structure in dialogues, because, unlike written modes of discourse, dialogue as an interactional mode of discourse needs careful treatment for linguistic analysis. This book investigates how discourse entities are linked with topic chaining and discourse coherence by showing that the choice and the distribution of referring expressions is correlated with center transition patterns in the centering framework. It provides original empirical research into the use of referring expressions in
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 206 pages)
ISBN:9027286655
9789027286659

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