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Zusatztext Reference in Discourse is a book of great merits and enormous importance for the whole field of linguistics. Informationen zum Autor Andrej A. Kibrik is Leading Researcher at the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, from which he received his PhD in 1988. In the Institute of Linguistics he heads the working group that prepares and publishes the multi-volume encyclopedic publication "Languages of the World ". In addition, he is Professor at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics in Moscow State University. He has published articles on linguistics in over 200 publications. Klappentext 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. The author's discussion is based on data from about 200 languages from around the world. Zusammenfassung 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. The author's discussion is based on data from about 200 languages from around the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
