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A typology of reference systems /

The term 'reference system' designates all functions within the grammatical system of a given language that indicate whether the addressee(s) should identify the referents of participants in the proposition and, if so, how they should identify the referents. Reference systems are a part of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frajzyngier, Zygmunt (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:
Typology (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Typologie (Linguistique)
Syntaxe.
Syntax.
Linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
Language.
PHILOSOPHY.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Titlepage
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 The goal of the study
  • 1.2 The importance of the reference systems
  • 1.3 Typology of reference systems
  • 1.4 Methodology
  • 1.5 The coding means within the system of reference
  • 1.6 State of the art
  • 1.7 The choice of languages
  • 1.8 The terms used
  • 1.9 Main findings and implications
  • 1.10 Organization of the volume
  • 2 The reference system of Mupun
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 State of the art
  • 2.3 Formal means of coding for the system of reference
  • 2.4 Functions within the system of reference
  • 2.5 No instructions to identify the referent
  • 2.6 Previous mention
  • 2.7 The status of relative clauses
  • 2.8 Coding of the reference and typology of syntactic units
  • 2.9 Anaphora at the clausal level
  • 2.10 Reference to possessor
  • 2.11 Locative anaphora
  • 2.12 Reference at the level of complex sentence: Logophoricity
  • 2.13 Reference to the environment of speech
  • 2.14 Unspecified human subject
  • 2.15 Non-human anaphora, time, and syntactic constraints
  • 2.16 Reference to the environment of speech and anaphora belong to different domains
  • 2.17 A member of a set
  • 2.18 Conclusions and implications
  • 3 The reference system of modern Mandarin Chinese
  • 3.1 The aim of the study
  • 3.2 State of the art with respect to the reference system in Mandarin
  • 3.3 Some typological characteristics of Mandarin
  • 3.4 The data
  • 3.5 Coding means in the Mandarin reference system
  • 3.6 Same referent
  • 3.7 Contrastive focus within the ongoing discourse
  • 3.8 Deducing the referent from the current content
  • 3.9 Deducing the referent from remote context
  • 3.10 No instructions to identify the referent
  • 3.11 Individuated member of a class
  • 3.12 Conclusions and implications
  • 4 The reference system of Polish
  • 4.1 Aim of the chapter
  • 4.2 State of the art
  • 4.3 The data
  • 4.4 The formal means for the coding of reference in Polish
  • 4.5 Reference of clausal relations and of the noun phrase
  • 4.6 Referent of the subject
  • 4.7 Referential functions of other grammatical relations
  • 4.8 Referential functions of noun phrases
  • 4.9 Selection of an entity from a group of potential entities
  • 4.10 Referent other than the one in the common sphere
  • 4.11 De dicto domain only
  • 4.12 Conclusions on Polish
  • 5 The reference system in non-literary varieties of Russian
  • 5.1 The aim of this chapter
  • 5.2 State of the art
  • 5.3 The data
  • 5.4 The coding means in the reference system
  • 5.5 Reference in the flow of discourse
  • 5.6 The unknown plural agent
  • 5.7 Referential functions of objects
  • 5.8 The referents of the noun phrase
  • 5.9 Topicalization
  • 5.10 The deduced referent other than the default
  • 5.11 Any member of a set
  • 5.12 Conclusions and implications