The Targeting System of Language

by Leonard Talmy

A proposal that a single linguistic/cognitive system, "targeting," underlies two domains of reference, anaphora (speech-internal) and deixis (speech-external).

In this book, Leonard Talmy proposes that a single linguistic/cognitive system, targeting, underlies two domains of linguistic reference, those termed anaphora (for a referent that is an element of the current discourse) and deixis (for a referent outside the discourse and in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262036975
• ISBN13: 9780262036979
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher