Bridging and relevance /:

While it has long been taken for granted that context or background information plays a crucial role in reference assignment, there have been very few serious attempts to investigate exactly how they are used. This study provides an answer to the question through an extensive analysis of cases of br...

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1. Verfasser: Matsui, Tomoko
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam ; [Great Britain] : J. Benjamins Pub, ©2000.
Schriftenreihe:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 76.
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Zusammenfassung:While it has long been taken for granted that context or background information plays a crucial role in reference assignment, there have been very few serious attempts to investigate exactly how they are used. This study provides an answer to the question through an extensive analysis of cases of bridging. The book demonstrates that when encountering a referring expression, the hearer is able to choose a set of contextual assumptions intended by the speaker in a principled way, out of all the assumptions possibly available to him. It claims more specifically that the use of context, as well as.
Beschreibung:Originally presented as the author's thesis--University College, London, 1995.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 247 pages).
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027298973
9027298971
9781556199240
1556199244
1282163175
9781282163171
9789027250926
9027250928

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