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Zusatztext Huang's book is an important contribution to the study of anaphora. The wealth of crosslinguistic data (over 500 languages from various language families are represented), and especially the emphasis on switch-reference and related phenomena, fill a gap that often exists in other theoretical work on this topic ... Huang's main theoretical contribution is the unified neo-Gricean account of anaphora. Informationen zum Autor Yan Huang is Professor of Linguistics, Department of Linguistic Science, University of Reading. Klappentext In this book, Yan Huang provides an extensive and accessible overview of the major contemporary issues surrounding anaphora and gives a critical survey of the many and diverse contemporary approaches to it. He also provides by far the fullest cross-linguistic account of anaphora yet published. Anaphora is a central topic in syntax, semantics, and pragmatics and to the interfaces between them, and the subject of advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in linguistics and computational linguistics. Dr Huang's survey and analysis are based on a rich collection of data drawn from around 450 of the world's languages. Topics covered include binding and control, null subjects and objects, long distance reflexivisation, logophoricity, bridging-cross reference, switch-reference, and discourse anaphora. Note: Almost any conversation or text understanding depends on the listener or reader recognizing that some words refer to what has already been said or written (his, its, he, there, etc.). This mode of reference, anaphora, involves surprisingly complicated cognitive and syntactic processes, which people usually perform unerringly. But they present formidable problems for the linguist and cognitive scientist trying to explain precisely how comprehension is achieved. Anaphora is thus a central research focus in syntactic and semantic theory, while understanding and modelling its operation in discourse are important targets in computational linguistics and cognitive science. Zusammenfassung In this book, Yan Huang provides an overview of the major contemporary issues surrounding anaphora and gives a critical survey of the many and diverse contemporary approaches to it. Dr Huang's survey and analysis are based on a rich collection of data drawn from around 450 of the world's languages. Inhaltsverzeichnis Typologies of anaphora Introduction Typologies of anaphora Anaphora and syntactic categories Anaphora and truth-conditions Anaphora and contexts Anaphora and discourse: reference-tracking systems Organisation of the book Syntactic approaches to anaphora Classical Chomskyan theory of anaphora Typology of NPs Binding theory Control theory Revisions and alternatives Summary Null subjects and null objects Null subjects Null objects Summary Long-distance reflexivisation The phenomenon Properties and theoretical issues Long-distance reflexivisation in generative grammar Summary Conclusion Semantic approaches to anaphora VP-ellipsis Definition and properties Theoretical issues Two general approaches: syntactically oriented versus semantically oriented Summary Binding and control: some semantic alternatives Binding Control Summary Logophoricity Background Logophoric pronouns in African languages Long-distance reflexives in East Asian languages Discourse representation Summary Conclusion Pragmatic approaches to anaphora A neo-Gricean pragmatic theory A revised neo-Gricean pragmatic theory of anaphora The general pattern of anaphora A revised neo-Gricean pragmatic theory Application Summary Some other pragmatic/cognitive/functional approaches Relevance theory Accessibility theory Prague School functionalism Summary 'Syntactic' versus 'pragmat...
