Definite NP Anaphora: A Pragmatic Approach

By Marit R. Westergaard

In this book Professor Westergaard offers an alternative to the purely syntactic analysis of deinite nominal phrase anaphora. She calls on the well-known principle of functional sentence perspective, advanced by the Prague school of linguistics, to suggest a pragmatic approach to the coreference options of pronouns and full nominal phrases. According to her analysis, the anaphora rule should itself be considered a pragmatic principle, which bascially ensures that a pronoun may not be more thematic than the full nominal phrase from which it picks up its reference.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8200069508
• ISBN13: 9788200069508
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.9" x 0.6" x 6.4"